decht

See also: dëcht and ďecht

Slovak

Alternative forms

• ďecht, dehet, dzehec, dech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *degъtь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɟext]

Noun

decht m inan (genitive singular dechtu, nominative plural dechty, genitive plural dechtov, declension pattern of dub)

1. tar (substance)

   Synonym: gudrón

Declension

Declension of decht

	singular	plural
nominative	decht	dechty
genitive	dechtu	dechtov
dative	dechtu	dechtom
accusative	decht	dechty
locative	dechte	dechtoch
instrumental	dechtom	dechtmi

Further reading

• “decht”, 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, 2024