radost

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech radost, from Proto-Slavic *radostь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈradost]

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Noun

radost f

1. joy (feeling)

   přinést radost ― to bring joy

   Mám z tebe radost. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   Zpívám si pro radost. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

Declension of radost (i-stem feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	radost	radosti
genitive	radosti	radostí
dative	radosti	radostem
accusative	radost	radosti
vocative	radosti	radosti
locative	radosti	radostech
instrumental	radostí	radostmi

Derived terms

• radostný
• rozradostnit

Related terms

• radovat
• škodolibá radost

See also

• starost f

Further reading

• “radost”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “radost”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “radost”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *radostь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /râdoːst/
• Hyphenation: ra‧dost

Noun

rȁdōst f (Cyrillic spelling ра̏до̄ст)

1. joy

Declension

Declension of radost

	singular	plural
nominative	rȁdōst	radosti
genitive	rȁdosti	radosti
dative	radosti	radostima
accusative	radost	radosti
vocative	radosti	radosti
locative	radosti	radostima
instrumental	rȁdosti / rȁdošću	radostima

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *radostь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràːdɔst/, /radóːst/

Noun

rádost or radóst f

1. joy

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem
nominative	rádost
genitive	rádosti
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	rádost
genitive (rodȋlnik)	rádosti
dative (dajȃlnik)	rádosti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rádost
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rádosti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rádostjo

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, i-stem
nominative	radóst
genitive	radósti
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	radóst
genitive (rodȋlnik)	radósti
dative (dajȃlnik)	radósti
accusative (tožȋlnik)	radóst
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	radósti
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	radóstjo

Further reading

• “radost”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025