jedva

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈjɛdva]

Adverb

jedva

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

Further reading

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

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈjɛdʋa/

IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈjɛdva/

Adverb

jedva

hardly (barely, only just)

Descendants

Czech: jedva

Further reading

Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “jedva”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)edъva.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

jȅdva (Cyrillic spelling је̏два)

barely, hardly, scarcely, only just
only just, recently, just now

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