smiech

See also: Smiech, smiéch, śmiech, and Śmiech

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *směxъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

smiech m inan

1. laughter

   z smiechu ― for a laughter

   býti v smiechu ― to be an object of ridicule

   držěti na smiechu ― to make fun of

Declension

Declension of smiech (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	smiech	smiechy	smieši, smiechové
genitive	smiecha, smiechu	smiechú	smiechóv
dative	smiechu	smiechoma	smiechóm
accusative	smiech	smiechy	smiechy
vocative	smieše	smiechy	smieši, smiechové
locative	smiešě, smiechu	smiechú	smiešiech
instrumental	smiechem	smiechoma	smiechy

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

Related terms

• smieti

 

Descendants

• Czech: smích

Further reading

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

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

smiech m (Cyrillic spelling смиецх)

1. Obsolete spelling of smijeh

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *směxъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmi̯ɛx/

Noun

smiech m inan (genitive singular smiechu, nominative plural smiechov, declension pattern of dub)

1. laughter

Declension

Declension of smiech

	singular	plural
nominative	smiech	smiechy
genitive	smiechu	smiechov
dative	smiechu	smiechom
accusative	smiech	smiechy
locative	smiechu	smiechoch
instrumental	smiechom	smiechmi

Derived terms

• smiešik, smiešok

Further reading

• “smiech”, 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