lhostejný
Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech lhostajný (“carefree, unworried”) with semantic shift.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editlhostejný (comparative lhostejnější, superlative nejlhostejnější, adverb lhostejně)
- indifferent (not caring)
Usage notes
editWhen used with a subject, the subject takes the place of the English object and vice versa, so that for example "I am indifferent to mathematics" translates as "matematika je mi lhostejná", literally "mathematics is to me indifferent".
Declension
editDeclension of lhostejný (hard)
singular | ||||
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masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | lhostejný | lhostejná | lhostejné | |
genitive | lhostejného | lhostejné | lhostejného | |
dative | lhostejnému | lhostejné | lhostejnému | |
accusative | lhostejného | lhostejný | lhostejnou | lhostejné |
locative | lhostejném | lhostejné | lhostejném | |
instrumental | lhostejným | lhostejnou | lhostejným | |
plural | ||||
masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | lhostejní | lhostejné | lhostejná | |
genitive | lhostejných | |||
dative | lhostejným | |||
accusative | lhostejné | lhostejná | ||
locative | lhostejných | |||
instrumental | lhostejnými |
Derived terms
editadverbs
noun