pštros

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech pštros / štros, from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʃtros]
• Hyphenation: pštros

Noun

pštros m anim

1. ostrich

Declension

Declension of pštros (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pštros	pštrosi, pštrosové
genitive	pštrosa	pštrosů
dative	pštrosovi, pštrosu	pštrosům
accusative	pštrosa	pštrosy
vocative	pštrose	pštrosi, pštrosové
locative	pštrosovi, pštrosu	pštrosech
instrumental	pštrosem	pštrosy

Derived terms

• pštrosí

 

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pstrý (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈpʃtros/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈpʃtros/

Noun

pštros m animal

1. Alternative form of štros

Declension

Declension of pštros (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pštros	pštrosy	pštrosi, pštrosové
genitive	pštrosa, pštrosu	pštrosú	pštrosóv
dative	pštrosu, pštrosovi	pštrosoma	pštrosóm
accusative	pštros, pštrosa	pštrosy	pštrosy
vocative	pštrose	pštrosy	pštrosi, pštrosové
locative	pštrosě, pštrosu, pštrosovi	pštrosú	pštrosiech
instrumental	pštrosem	pštrosoma	pštrosy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

• Czech: pštros

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “pštros”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn). The p- was added by a folk etymological association with pestrý (“variegated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʃtrɔs/

Noun

pštros m inan (genitive singular pštrosa, nominative plural pštrosy, genitive plural pštrosov, declension pattern of dub)

1. ostrich

Declension

Declension of pštros

	singular	plural
nominative	pštros	pštrosy
genitive	pštrosa	pštrosov
dative	pštrosovi	pštrosom
accusative	pštrosa	pštrosy
locative	pštrosovi	pštrosoch
instrumental	pštrosom	pštrosmi

Derived terms

• pštrosí

References

• “pštros”, 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