žid

See also: zid, zīd, Žid, and -zid

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).

Sense 2 comes from the stereotype of Jews as being stingy or greedy.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɪt]

Noun

žid m anim (feminine židovka)

  1. Jew (by religion)
  2. (figuratively, offensive, dated) miser, scrooge

Declension
Declension of žid (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative žid židi, židé
genitive žida židů
dative židovi, židu židům
accusative žida židy
vocative žide židi, židé
locative židovi, židu židech
instrumental židem židy

Derived terms

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Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *židъ, Proto-Slavic *židovinъ, from Italian giudeo, from Latin Iūdaeus, from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

žid m anim (genitive singular žida, nominative plural židovia, genitive plural židov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. Jew (by religion)

Declension
Declension of žid
singular plural
nominative žid židovia
genitive žida židov
dative židovi židom
accusative žida židov
locative židovi židoch
instrumental židom židmi

Derived terms

See also

Further reading
  • “žid”, 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
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