Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech jedva, from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

jedva

  1. hardly (barely, only just)
    Synonyms: sotva, stěží, ledva

Further reading edit

  • jedva in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • jedva in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈjɛdʋa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈjɛdva/

Adverb edit

jedva

  1. hardly (barely, only just)

Descendants edit

  • Czech: jedva

Further reading edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jêdʋa/
  • Hyphenation: jed‧va

Adverb edit

jȅdva (Cyrillic spelling је̏два)

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely, only just
  2. only just, recently, just now