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Is šaty singular or plural?

linwanfei
Taiwan

Is šaty singular or plural?

Post by linwanfei »

Unit 10 guidebook - key phrases:

Kupujete kalhoty nebo šaty?
Are you buying pants or a dress?

I found another word šat in the dictionary.

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/šat#Czech
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/šaty#Czech

https://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/en/?id=šat&ref=šaty
https://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/en/?slovo=šaty

rudi
Czech Republic

Re: Is šaty singular or plural?

Post by rudi »

I' waiting for a native, too. But as nobody answered you:

Can it be, that šaty (dress) is at the same time a masculine plural and, in another meaning, the masculine plural of šat (clothing)? And that šaty (dress) is only a plural word with no singular? That's the way I understood it.

I can darkly remember that in another language there was also only one plural word for skirt, and it was explained that one should imagine a folded skirt with many folds and that's where the plural comes from (so to speak "the folds" as "the skirt").

But unfortunately I'm no native. Still waiting. I miss the dedicated Czech volunteers and moderators like VladaFu, AgnusOinas, kacenka, ValaCZE and BoneheadBass! :cry:

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DaliborNovy
Czech Republic

Re: Is šaty singular or plural?

Post by DaliborNovy »

šat (masculine, singular) is archaic/poetic, no one would say it now. It really means clothing, clothes .

šaty (masculine, we say "pomnožné" - plural only? - like clothes, pants, scissors etc.) I believe it originated from "šat", but no one is dealing with it anymore.

It can be a dress, but also a suit if we are talking about men. And, sometimes, it can also mean clothes (oblečení) in general. e.g.: "Pozor, ať si nenamočíš šaty." (Be careful not to get your clothes wet).

About meaning, I recommend using Google/Images, e.g. :

https://www.google.com/search?q=šaty&tb ... 9&biw=1777

https://www.google.com/search?q=pánské ... 9&biw=1777 (updated)

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