postele
Old Czech
Alternative forms
- postel, postela
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *posteľь. By surface analysis, deverbal from postlati.
Noun
postele f
- bedding, bedclothes
- Synonym: postlánie
- bed (to sleep on)
- Synonym: lože
- na smrtedlnéj/smrtnéj posteli ― on the death bed
Declension
Declension of postele (soft a-stem)
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | postele | posteli | postele |
| genitive | postele | posteľú | postelí, postel |
| dative | posteli | postelema | postelém |
| accusative | posteľu | posteli | postele |
| vocative | postele | posteli | postele |
| locative | posteli | posteľú | posteléch |
| instrumental | posteľú | postelema | postelemi |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Related terms
- stláti
Descendants
- Czech: postel
Further reading
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “postele”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
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