otec

See also: Otec, OTEC, and oteč

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech otec, from Proto-Slavic *otьcь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈotɛt͡s]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: otec
  • Homophone: Otec

Noun

otec m anim (relational adjective otcovský, possessive adjective otcův)

  1. father
    Synonyms: táta, tatík, taťka, tatínek, taťulda, fotr, fotřík, papá
    Antonym: matka

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈotɛt͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈotɛt͡s/

Noun

otec m pers

  1. father (male who begets a child)
  2. father (priest)
  3. (esepcially, in the plural) father (male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor)
  4. protector
  5. father (founder, originator)
  6. (Christianity) Father (God)

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: otec

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь, from Proto-Indo-European *átta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈotɛts/
  • Hyphenation: o‧tec

Noun

otec m anim (Cyrillic spelling отец)

  1. (Kajkavian) father
    Synonym: (standard) otac

Further reading

  • otec”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga kajkavskoga književnog jezika [Dictionary of the Croatian Kajkavian literary language] (in Serbo-Croatian), https://kajkavski.hr, 1984–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔcet͡s/, [ˈɔcet͡s]
  • Rhymes: -ɔcet͡s
  • Hyphenation: o‧tec
  • Audio (Bratislava):(file)

Noun

otec m pers

  1. father

Declension

Declension of otec
singular plural
nominative otec otcovia
genitive otca otcov
dative otcovi otcom
accusative otca otcov
vocative otče otcovia
locative otcovi otcoch
instrumental otcom otcami

Further reading

  • otec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026