blamáž

See also: blamaż

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blamage coined by German students by appending the French-based appendix -age (cf. -áž) to blamieren (“to embarrass”), which comes from French blâmer, originally from Late Latin blasphēmō, from Ancient Greek βλασφημέω (blasphēméō, “to slander”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈblamaːʃ]

Noun

blamáž f

  1. public disgrace
    Synonyms: ostuda, hanba, potupa

Declension
Declension of blamáž (soft zero-ending feminine)
singular plural
nominative blamáž blamáže
genitive blamáže blamáží
dative blamáži blamážím
accusative blamáž blamáže
vocative blamáži blamáže
locative blamáži blamážích
instrumental blamáží blamážemi

Derived terms
  • blamovat

References
  1. "blamáž" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading
  • blamáž in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • blamáž in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • blamáž in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from German Blamage.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈblamaːʃ]

Noun

blamáž f (genitive singular blamáže, nominative plural blamáže, genitive plural blamáží, declension pattern of dlaň)

  1. disgrace, shame
    Synonyms: hanba, zahanbenie

Declension
Declension of blamáž
singular plural
nominative blamáž blamáže
genitive blamáže blamáží
dative blamáži blamážam
accusative blamáž blamáže
locative blamáži blamážach
instrumental blamážou blamážami

Further reading
  • “blamáž”, 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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