See also: każdy

Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech každý.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkaʒdiː]
  • Audio:(file)

Pronoun

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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

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  • 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

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Further reading

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

Old Czech

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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každý

  1. each, every

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: každý

References

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Slovak

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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každý

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

Declension

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References

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  • 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