See also: ostry

Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech ostrý, from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aśras, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈostriː]
  • (file)

Adjective edit

ostrý (comparative ostřejší, superlative nejostřejší)

  1. sharp (able to cut easily)
    Antonym: tupý
  2. hot (of food and spice)
    Antonym: jemný
  3. (mathematics) strict (of an inequality, such that it rules out the possibility of equality)
    Antonym: neostrý

Declension edit

Related terms edit

adverb
nouns
verb

Further reading edit

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

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrъ.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ostrý

  1. sharp (able to cut easily)
    Antonym: tupý

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • ostrý”, 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