túha

See also: tuha and tuhá

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫga.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

túha f

1. desire
2. wistfulness
3. sorrow

Declension

Declension of túha (hard a-stem quant-alt)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	túha	túzě	túhy
genitive	túhy	túhú	tuh
dative	túzě	túhama	túhám
accusative	túhu	túzě	túhy
vocative	túho	túzě	túhy
locative	túzě	túhú	túhách
instrumental	túhú	túhama	túhami

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

Derived terms

• túžiti

 

Descendants

• Czech: touha

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǫga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuːɦa]

Noun

túha f

1. (poetic) desire

   Synonym: túžba

Further reading

• “túha”, 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