hlad

See also: hlað, hlaď, and hľaď

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech hlad, from Proto-Slavic *goldъ. Cognates include Polish głód, Serbo-Croatian glad, and Russian голод (golod).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦlat]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at

Noun

hlad m inan (relational adjective hladový)

1. hunger

   mít hlad ― to be hungry

   Měl hlad a žízeň. ― He was hungry and thirsty.

Declension

Declension of hlad (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	hlad	hlady
genitive	hladu	hladů
dative	hladu	hladům
accusative	hlad	hlady
vocative	hlade	hlady
locative	hladě, hladu	hladech
instrumental	hladem	hlady

Related terms

• hlad je nejlepší kuchař
• hladný
• hladově
• hladovět
• hladovka f

Further reading

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

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xlɑd/, [l̥ɑd]
• Rhymes: -ɑd

Verb

hlad

1. singular imperative of hladan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xoldъ, whence also Polish chłód and Russian хо́лод (xólod, “cold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xlâːd/

Noun

hlȃd m inan (Cyrillic spelling хла̑д)

1. shade (darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked)

   Synonyms: hladovina; (shadow) sjena

Declension

Declension of hlad

	singular	plural
nominative	hlȃd	hládovi
genitive	hlada	hladova
dative	hladu	hladovima
accusative	hlad	hladove
vocative	hlade	hladovi
locative	hladu	hladovima
instrumental	hladom	hladovima

Derived terms

• hladan
• hladjenje
• hladnoća
• prehlada
• prehladan

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *g⁽ʷ⁾eldʰ-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *galdás

Proto-Slavic *goldъ

Slovak hlad

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *goldъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦlat/, [ˈɦlat]
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

hlad m inan (relational adjective hladový)

1. hunger

Declension

Declension of hlad
(pattern dub)

	singular
nominative	hlad
genitive	hladu
dative	hladu
accusative	hlad
locative	hlade
instrumental	hladom

Derived terms

• hladný

Further reading

• “hlad”, 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, 2003–2026