duchovní
/ˈdu.xov.ɲiː/·Czech
adjective
- spiritual. Of or relating to the spirit.
noun
- a clergyman.
Etymology
- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰwes-
- to breathe
- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *dáuṣas
- Proto-Slavic
- *dȗxъ
- breath, spirit
- Czech
- duch
- spirit; ghost
- Czech
- duchovní
- spiritual
- duchovni.net
Cognate with Polish duchowny (“clergyman”), Ukrainian духовний and Russian духовный (“spiritual, ecclesiastical”). Related to Polish dusza (“soul”) and dech (“breath”), from the same root.
Usage note.
Sense 2 is a noun. This domain is not a clergyman.
See also:
Duchovny, David (b. 1960). Bore a name meaning
“ghostly”; spent nine years investigating them. Unrelated, probably.