koryto

See also: kóryto

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech koryto, from Proto-Slavic *koryto. Cognate with Upper Sorbian korto, Lower Sorbian kóryto, Polish koryto, Serbo-Croatian kòrito, Russian коры́то (korýto).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkorɪto]

Noun

koryto n (diminutive korýtko)

1. trough (long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals)
2. channel (the physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks)
3. (politics, figurative, derogatory) the work-related benefits (money, housing, cars, influence, etc.) provided to government officials and elected politicians; suggests misuse for personal gain; cf. pork barrel

Declension

Declension of koryto (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	koryto	koryta
genitive	koryta	koryt
dative	korytu	korytům
accusative	koryto	koryta
vocative	koryto	koryta
locative	korytu	korytech
instrumental	korytem	koryty

Derived terms

• korýtečko
• korýtko

See also

• řečiště
• břeh

Further reading

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

Lower Sorbian

Noun

koryto n (diminutive korytko)

1. Superseded spelling of kóryto.

Declension

Declension of koryto

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	koryto	koryśe	koryta
Genitive	koryta	korytowu	korytow
Dative	korytoju, korytu	korytoma	korytam
Accusative	koryto	koryśe	koryta
Instrumental	korytom	korytoma	korytami
Locative	koryśe	korytoma	korytach

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koryto.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɔˈrɘ.tɔ/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [kɔˈrɘ.tɔ]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɘtɔ
• Syllabification: ko‧ry‧to

Noun

koryto n

1. trough (container for feeding animals)
2. channel, riverbed (confine of a river)
3. (politics, figurative, derogatory) the work-related benefits (money, housing, cars, influence, etc.) provided to government officials and elected politicians; suggests misuse for personal gain; cf. pork barrel
4. (Przemyśl) plank manger for cattle or horses

   Hypernym: żłób

Declension

Declension of koryto

	singular	plural
nominative	koryto	koryta
genitive	koryta	koryt
dative	korytu	korytom
accusative	koryto	koryta
instrumental	korytem	korytami
locative	korycie	korytach
vocative	koryto	koryta

Further reading

• koryto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• koryto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Saloni (1899) “koryto”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 240