bolest

See also: bolesť

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech bolest, from Proto-Slavic *bolěstь. Cognate with Slovak bolesť and Polish boleść.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbolɛst]

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Noun

bolest f (diminutive bolístka)

1. pain

   cítit bolest ― to feel pain

   snést bolest ― to endure the pain

   vyvolat bolest ― to cause pain

   nesnesitelná bolest ― unbearable pain

Declension

Declension of bolest (i-stem feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	bolest	bolesti
genitive	bolesti	bolestí
dative	bolesti	bolestem
accusative	bolest	bolesti
vocative	bolesti	bolesti
locative	bolesti	bolestech
instrumental	bolestí	bolestmi

Derived terms

• bezbolestný
• bolestivý
• bolestín m
• bolestný
• bolístka f

Related terms

• bolavý
• bolet

Further reading

• “bolest”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “bolest”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “bolest”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From bol +‎ -est.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bôleːst/
• Hyphenation: bo‧lest

Noun

bȍlēst f (Cyrillic spelling бо̏ле̄ст, augmentative boleščurina or bolèština)

1. sickness, disease

Declension

Declension of bolest

	singular	plural
nominative	bȍlēst	bȍlesti
genitive	bȍlesti	bolèstī
dative	bȍlesti	bolèstima
accusative	bȍlēst	bȍlesti
vocative	bȍlesti	bȍlesti
locative	bolèsti	bolèstima
instrumental	bȍlešću	bolèstima

Derived terms

• bȍlestan

Further reading

• “bolest”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026