otec

See also: OTEC and oteč

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈotɛt͡s]
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Noun

otec m anim (related adjective otcovský)

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

Declension
Declension of otec (soft masculine animate reducible)
singular plural
nominative otec otcové, otci
genitive otce otců
dative otcovi, otci otcům
accusative otce otce
vocative otče otcové, otci
locative otcovi, otci otcích
instrumental otcem otci

Derived terms

Further reading
  • otec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • otec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • otec in Internetová jazyková příručka

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
Declension of otec (soft o-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative otec otcě otci, otcové
genitive otcě otcú otcóv
dative otcu, otcovi otcoma otcóm
accusative otcě otcě otcě
vocative otče otcě otci, otcové
locative otcu, otcovi otcú otcích
instrumental otcem otcoma otci
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

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 (Cyrillic spelling отец)

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

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɔcet͡s]

Noun

otec m anim (genitive singular otca, nominative plural otcovia, genitive plural otcov, declension pattern of chlap)

  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, 2024
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