dikobraz

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дикобра́з (dikobráz) by Jan Svatopluk Presl;[1] from ди́кий (díkij, “wild”) + о́браз (óbraz, “looking”).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈdɪkobras]

Noun

dikobraz m anim

  1. porcupine (rodent of the genus Hystrix)

Declension
Declension of dikobraz (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative dikobraz dikobrazi, dikobrazové
genitive dikobraza dikobrazů
dative dikobrazovi, dikobrazu dikobrazům
accusative dikobraza dikobrazy
vocative dikobraze dikobrazi, dikobrazové
locative dikobrazovi, dikobrazu dikobrazech
instrumental dikobrazem dikobrazy

References
  1. Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. "dikobraz" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading
  • dikobraz in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • dikobraz in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed by Bogoslav Šulek from Czech dikobraz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dîkobraːz/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ko‧braz

Noun

dȉkobrāz m (Cyrillic spelling ди̏кобра̄з)

  1. porcupine

Declension
Declension of dikobraz
singular plural
nominative dikobraz dikobrazi
genitive dikobraza dikobraza
dative dikobrazu dikobrazima
accusative dikobraza dikobraze
vocative dikobraze dikobrazi
locative dikobrazu dikobrazima
instrumental dikobrazom dikobrazima
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