Old Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *žędati.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʒaːdaci/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈʒaːdaci/

Verb edit

žádati impf

  1. to wish, to desire, to request
    • 1360/1380, Život Krista Pána, rukopis A[1]:
      Bych tebe otázal, milý Spasitele, co žádáš, čeho si žieziv, vědě, ež by řekl: Žádaji všěch svých hřiešníkóv spasenie, toho sem žieziv, proto trudně tuto hroznú smrt trpi.
      If I asked you, dear Saviour, what you want, what you are yearning for, I know that you would say: I want the salvation of all my sinners, I am yearning for that, therefore I suffer this terrible death."

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  • Czech: žádat

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