ucho

Perhaps eventually from Sanskrit अवश्या (avaśyā, “dew”)

ucho m

1. dew

From Old Czech ucho, from Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *aušis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws.

• IPA^(key): [ˈuxo]

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ucho n

1. ear

   V uších se jí třpytily briliantové náušnice. ― Brilliant earrings glittered at her ears.

   být jedno ucho. ― to be all ears.

2. handle (of a pot)
3. eye (hole at the blunt end of a needle)

The dual form is used when talking about human or animal ears, no matter their number (e. g. čtyři králičí uši = four rabbit ears), while the plural is used when referring to various ear-shaped objects (ucha hrnce = handles of a pot).

• příušnice
• náušnice
• ouško
• uchál
• ušák
• ušanka
• ušatec
• ušatý
• ušní
• ucho Jidášovo

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

From Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

ucho n

1. ear

• Czech: ucho

• “ucho”, in Vokabulář webový: webové hnízdo pramenů k poznání historické češtiny [online], Praha: Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, 2006–2023

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

ucho n

1. ear

• Polish: ucho

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ucho”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Polish ucho, from Proto-Slavic *ȗxo, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *auś-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws (“ear”), from *h₂ew- (“to see”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.xɔ/

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• Rhymes: -uxɔ
• Syllabification: u‧cho

ucho n (diminutive uszko, augmentative uszysko)

1. ear (body part)
2. (colloquial) snitch, informant

ucho n (diminutive uszko, augmentative uszysko)

1. handle (of a basket, kettle etc.)
2. eye (hole in needle)
3. earflap

• ucho in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ucho in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From Sanskrit उच्च (uchcha, “high, elevated”).

ucho (feminine uchi, plural uche)

1. high

From Proto-Slavic *uxo, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ous-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.xɔ/

ucho n (genitive singular ucha, nominative plural uši, uchá, genitive plural uší, úch, declension pattern of mesto)

1. ear
2. handle (of a basket, kettle etc.)
3. eye (the part of a needle)

• ucho in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk