žid

See also: zid, zīd, Žid, and -zid

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).

Sense 2 comes from the stereotype of Jews as being stingy or greedy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɪt]

Noun

žid m anim (female equivalent židovka)

1. Jew (by religion)
2. (figuratively, offensive, dated) miser, scrooge

Declension

Declension of žid (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	žid	židi, židé
genitive	žida	židů
dative	židovi, židu	židům
accusative	žida	židy
vocative	žide	židi, židé
locative	židovi, židu	židech
instrumental	židem	židy

Derived terms

• židovský

 

See also

• Žid

Further reading

• “žid”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “žid”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “žid”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒit/
• Homophone: Žid

Proper noun

žid m pers (genitive singular žida, nominative plural židovia, genitive plural židov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. Jew (by religion)

Declension

Declension of žid

	singular	plural
nominative	žid	židovia
genitive	žida	židov
dative	židovi	židom
accusative	žida	židov
locative	židovi	židoch
instrumental	židom	židmi

Derived terms

• židovka
• židovský
• židovstvo

See also

• Žid

Further reading

• “žid”, 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