hniezdo

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gnězdo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nísda, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hniezdo n

1. nest
2. shelter

Declension

Declension of hniezdo (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	hniezdo	hniezdě	hniezda
genitive	hniezda	hniezdú	hniezd
dative	hniezdu	hniezdoma	hniezdóm
accusative	hniezdo	hniezdě	hniezda
vocative	hniezdo	hniezdě	hniezda
locative	hniezdě, hniezdu	hniezdú	hniezdiech
instrumental	hniezdem	hniezdoma	hniezdy

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

Descendants

• Czech: hnízdo

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “hniezdo”, 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 *gnězdo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *nísda, from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɲi̯ɛzdɔ/

Noun

hniezdo n (genitive singular hniezda, nominative plural hniezda, genitive plural hniezd, declension pattern of mesto)

1. a nest

Declension

Declension of hniezdo

	singular	plural
nominative	hniezdo	hniezda
genitive	hniezda	hniezd
dative	hniezdu	hniezdam
accusative	hniezdo	hniezda
locative	hniezde	hniezdach
instrumental	hniezdom	hniezdami

Further reading

• “hniezdo”, 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