žito – Czech noun declension

Czech noun forms of žito

Noun: žito
Hyphenation:
Gender: Neuter

Singular

Nominativežito
Genitivežita
Dativežitu
Accusativežito
Vocativežito
Locativežitu; žitě
Instrumentalžitem

Plural

Nominativežita
Genitivežit
Dativežitům
Accusativežita
Vocativežita
Locativežitech
Instrumentalžity

Sample Sentences

  • házet flintu do žita (to throw in the towel (idiom))
  • mít se jako prase v žitě (to live off the flat of the land)

Etymology

From Old Czech žito, from Proto-Slavic *žito (“grain, corn”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *géiˀtan, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷéyh₃tom. First attested in the 14th century.

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