kelich

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• kelch

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German kelih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈkelix/

Noun

kelich m

1. chalice

Declension

Declension of kelich (masculine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	kelich	die	keliche
genitive	eines	dës	keliches	dër	keliche
dative	eime	dëm	keliche	dën	kelichen
accusative	einen	dën	kelich	die	keliche

Descendants

• Cimbrian: khèlch
• German: Kelch
  • → English: kelch, Kelch
• → Old Czech: kalich, kelich
  • Czech: kalich
• → Polish: kielich
  • → Belarusian: ке́ліх (kjélix)
  • → Ukrainian: ке́лих (kélyx), ке́лех (kélex)
• → Slovak: kalich
• → Slovene: kẹ́lih

Old Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈkɛlix/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈkɛlix/

Noun

kelich m inan

1. Alternative form of kalich

Declension

Declension of kelich (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	kelich	kelichy	keliši, kelichové
genitive	kelicha, kelichu	kelichú	kelichóv
dative	kelichu	kelichoma	kelichóm
accusative	kelich	kelichy	kelichy
vocative	keliše	kelichy	keliši, kelichové
locative	kelišě, kelichu	kelichú	kelišiech
instrumental	kelichem	kelichoma	kelichy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Further reading

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

Old High German

Noun

kelich m

1. Alternative form of kelih