otec
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)
Declension
Derived terms
- otcovrah m anim
- otcovražda f
- otčenáš m inan
- praotec m anim
Related terms
Further reading
- “otec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “otec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “otec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь.
Pronunciation
Noun
otec m pers
- father (male who begets a child)
- father (priest)
- (esepcially, in the plural) father (male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor)
- protector
- father (founder, originator)
- (Christianity) Father (God)
Declension
Declension of otec (soft o-stem reducible)
Descendants
- Czech: otec
References
- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “otec”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
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)
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
Declension
| 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