jedva

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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Czech jedva, from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

jedva

  1. hardly (barely, only just)
    Synonyms: sotva, stěží, ledva

Further reading[edit]

  • jedva in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • jedva in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈjɛdʋa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈjɛdva/

Adverb[edit]

jedva

  1. hardly (barely, only just)

Descendants[edit]

  • Czech: jedva

Further reading[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /jêdʋa/
  • Hyphenation: jed‧va

Adverb[edit]

jȅdva (Cyrillic spelling је̏два)

  1. barely, hardly, scarcely, only just
  2. only just, recently, just now