chvíle
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Czech chvíle, from Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu. Cognates include Ukrainian хвили́на (xvylýna).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chvíle f
- moment (brief amount of time)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Old Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
- chvíľe (alternative writing)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle High German wīle, from Old High German wīla, from Proto-West Germanic *hwīlu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
chvíle f
Declension edit
Declension of chvíle (soft a-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | chvíle | chvíli | chvíle |
genitive | chvíle | chvíľú | chvílí, chvil |
dative | chvíli | chvílema | chvílém |
accusative | chvíľu | chvíli | chvíle |
vocative | chvíle | chvíli | chvíle |
locative | chvíli | chvíľú | chvíléch |
instrumental | chvíľú | chvílema | chvílemi |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants edit
- Czech: chvíle
References edit
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “chvíle”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění