štros

See also: stros and Stros

Old Czech

Alternative forms

štrus, stros, strus, pštros

Etymology

Borrowed from Old High German strūz, from Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈʃtros/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈʃtros/

Noun

štros m animal

ostrich

Declension

Declension of štros (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	štros	štrosy	štrosi, štrosové
genitive	štrosa, štrosu	štrosú	štrosóv
dative	štrosu, štrosovi	štrosoma	štrosóm
accusative	štros, štrosa	štrosy	štrosy
vocative	štrose	štrosy	štrosi, štrosové
locative	štrosě, štrosu, štrosovi	štrosú	štrosiech
instrumental	štrosem	štrosoma	štrosy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

Czech: pštros

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “štros”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

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