chléb

See also: chleb and chlěb

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz. Compare Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs) and English loaf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxlɛːp]

• Audio:

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Noun

chléb m inan (related adjective chlebový, diminutive chlebíček)

1. (formal) bread

Declension

Declension of chléb (hard masculine inanimate quant-alt)

	singular	plural
nominative	chléb	chleby
genitive	chleba	chlebů
dative	chlebu	chlebům
accusative	chléb	chleby
vocative	chlebe	chleby
locative	chlebu, chlebě	chlebech
instrumental	chlebem	chleby

Derived terms

nouns

• chleba
• chlebárna
• chlebníček
• chlebník
• chlebodárce

 

Further reading

• “chléb”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “chléb”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “chléb” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxlep/
• Rhymes: -ep
• Syllabification: chléb

Noun

chléb m inan

1. bread

Derived terms

adjectives

• chlebòwi

 

adverbs

 

nouns

• chlebòdôwca
• chlébnik

 

verbs

• pòdchlebiac
• pòdchlébic

 

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “χlèb”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 54
• Sychta, Bernard (1968) “χlėb”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 2 (H – L), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 33
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “chleb”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “chleb”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “chléb”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022