dech
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdɛx]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛx
Noun
dech m inan
- breath (act or process of breathing)
Declension
Declension of dech
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dech | dechy |
| genitive | dechu | dechů |
| dative | dechu | dechům |
| accusative | dech | dechy |
| vocative | dechu | dechy |
| locative | dechu | deších |
| instrumental | dechem | dechy |
Derived terms
- dechový
- druhý dech
- nádech
- vdech
- výdech
Related terms
- dýchat
Further reading
- dech in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- dech in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
- dech in Internetová jazyková příručka
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German dih.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deχ/, [dəɕ]
Pronoun
dech
- second-person singular, accusative: you
- Ech hunn dech gären — I love you
- second-person singular, reflexive: yourself
Declension
Luxembourgish personal pronouns
| nominative | accusative | dative | reflexive | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | str. | unstr. | ||||
| 1st person singular | ech | — | mech | — | mir | mer | like dat. and acc. | ||
| 2nd person singular (informal) | du | de | dech | — | dir | der | like dat. and acc. | ||
| 2nd person singular (formal) | Dir | Der | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | Iech [əɕ] | Iech | ||
| 3rd person singular | m | hien | en | hien | en | him | em | sech | |
| f | si | se | si | se | hir | er | sech | ||
| n | hatt | et ('t) | hatt | et ('t) | him | em | sech | ||
| 1st person plural | mir | mer | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | — | eis (ons) | ||
| 2nd person plural | dir | der | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | iech [əɕ] | iech | ||
| 3rd person plural | si | se | si | se | hinnen | en | sech | ||
Old Irish
Adjective
dech
- comparative degree of maith: best
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dъxъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛx/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛx
- Syllabification: dech
Noun
dech m inan
- (literary) breath
- Synonyms: oddech, tchnienie
- gust (of wind), breeze
- Synonyms: podmuch, powiew
Declension
Declension of dech
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | dech |
| genitive | tchu |
| dative | tchu/tchowi |
| accusative | dech |
| instrumental | tchem |
| locative | tchu |
| vocative | tchu |
Related terms
adjectives
- natchniony
- oddechowy
adverb
- bez tchu
nouns
- bezdech
- dychawica
- oddech
- przydech
- tchawka
- wdech
- westchnienie
- wydech
verbs
- dychać
- dyszeć
- oddychać
- tchnąć
- westchnąć
- wzdychać
Further reading
- dech in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- dech in Polish dictionaries at PWN