No. 63 in Czech
tisíc
"Thousand."
In a sentence
Mám tisíc knih.
I have a thousand books.
Here, 'tisíc' means 'a thousand', used as a cardinal number indicating quantity.
Šel bych tam tisíckrát, kdybych mohl.
I would go there a thousand times if I could.
The word 'tisíc' is part of 'tisíckrát', meaning 'a thousand times', used to denote frequency.
V jeho očích vidím tisíc příběhů.
I see a thousand stories in his eyes.
In this sentence, 'tisíc' metaphorically describes an indefinitely large number, indicating richness or abundance.
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