postele

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• postel, postela

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *posteľь. By surface analysis, deverbal from postlati.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

postele f

1. bedding, bedclothes

   Synonym: postlánie

2. bed (to sleep on)

   Synonym: lože

   na smrtedlnéj/smrtnéj posteli ― on the death bed

Declension

Declension of postele (soft a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	postele	posteli	postele
genitive	postele	posteľú	postelí, postel
dative	posteli	postelema	postelém
accusative	posteľu	posteli	postele
vocative	postele	posteli	postele
locative	posteli	posteľú	posteléch
instrumental	posteľú	postelema	postelemi

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

Related terms

• stláti

 

Descendants

• Czech: postel

Further reading

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