brzda

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъzda (“bridle, horse bit”), further origin uncertain: perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos, but a complicated Slavic etymology has also been proposed.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbr̩zda]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

brzda f

  1. brake (device in a vehicle)

Declension
Declension of brzda (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative brzda brzdy
genitive brzdy brzd
dative brzdě brzdám
accusative brzdu brzdy
vocative brzdo brzdy
locative brzdě brzdách
instrumental brzdou brzdami

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *brъzda, perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrusdʰos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbr̩zda]

Noun

brzda f (genitive singular brzdy, nominative plural brzdy, genitive plural bŕzd, declension pattern of žena)

  1. brake (device in a vehicle)
  2. chaser

Declension
Declension of brzda
singular plural
nominative brzda brzdy
genitive brzdy bŕzd
dative brzde brzdám
accusative brzdu brzdy
locative brzde brzdách
instrumental brzdou brdzami

Further reading
  • “brzda”, 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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