láska

See also: Appendix:Variations of "laska"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech láska, from Proto-Slavic *laska, *laskati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂s-.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlaːska]
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  • Rhymes: -aːska

Noun

láska f

  1. love (intense feeling of affection and care toward another person)
    Antonym: nenávist
  2. love (object of one’s romantic feelings)

Declension
Declension of láska (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative láska lásky
genitive lásky lásek
dative lásce láskám
accusative lásku lásky
vocative lásko lásky
locative lásce láskách
instrumental láskou láskami

Derived terms

References
  1. Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “láska”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN

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

Old Czech

Alternative forms
  • łáska (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *laska.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈɫaːska/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈlaːska/

Noun

láska f

  1. love
    býti v něčí láscě ― to be in someone's favour
    spásti láskú na něčso ― to come to like something
    vjíti v lásku ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    vypásti z lásky ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    obnoviti něčú lásku ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. respectful addressing

Declension
Declension of láska (hard a-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative láska láscě lásky
genitive lásky láskú lásek
dative láscě láskama láskám
accusative lásku láscě lásky
vocative lásko láscě lásky
locative láscě láskú láskách
instrumental láskú láskama láskami
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants
  • Czech: láska

See also

Further reading

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *làska.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɫaːs.ka/

Noun

láska f (genitive singular lásky, nominative plural lásky, genitive plural lások, declension pattern of žena)

  1. love (intense feeling of affection and care toward another person)
  2. love (object of one’s romantic feelings)

Declension
Declension of láska
singular plural
nominative láska lásky
genitive lásky lások
dative láske láskam
accusative lásku lásky
locative láske láskach
instrumental láskou láskami

Antonyms

Derived terms
  • láskyplný m
  • láskyplne

Further reading
  • “láska”, 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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