See also: każdy

Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech každý.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkaʒdiː]
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Pronoun edit

každý

  1. each, every
    Coordinate term: žádný
  2. everybody, everyone
    každý jinýeveryone else
    Každý je svého štěstí strůjcem.Everyone is the architect of their own happiness.

Usage notes edit

  • The word is categorized as pronoun in Czech dictionaries SSJC and SSC. It corresponds to the category of determiner of some of the modern English grammars. In PSJC, the word was categorized as adjectival numeral, and indeed, the inflection is adjectival, and the quantification semantics can be interpreted as specifying some kind of number.

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • každý in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • každý in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • každý in Internetová jazyková příručka

Old Czech edit

Etymology edit

From Post Proto-Slavic *kažьdъ, from Proto-Slavic *kažьde.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈkaʒdɨː/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈkaʒdiː/, /ˈkaʒdɛj/

Pronoun edit

každý

  1. each, every

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Czech: každý

References edit

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

From Post Proto-Slavic *kažьdъ, from Proto-Slavic *kažьde.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

každý

  1. each, every
    Coordinate term: žiaden, žiadny
  2. every man, everyone

Declension edit

References edit

  • každý”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024