Některé hovorové pozdravy v češtině: zdařbůh, těbůh, těpic a další

The contemporary Czech greetings can be sorted into several types that are in fact common to the whole European areal: one type wishes good to the day or good to any of its part (dobrý den!, hezké odpoledne! etc.); one type wishes health or success (nazdar!, zlom vaz! and so on); another type wishes God's favor (archaic pomáhej Pán bůh!); yet another shows some respect, humbleness or submissiveness (archaic má úcta!). Some greetings, in particular the more recent ones, do not fall into any of these basic types (e.g. ahoj!). Some greetings are moreover used only when we meet someone, some only when we leave someone, and some are universally applicable both at meetings and leavings. A special type of greeting is represented by the greetings which come from the Christian tradition and in which God is explicitly named (such as zdařbůh, pozdrav (tě) bůh and těbůh). The greetings of this kind are the subject matter of the paper.