borec

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian боре́ц (boréc, “fighter”) from боро́ться (borótʹsja, “to fight”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

borec m anim

  1. sportsman, athlete
  2. (colloquial) a man who successfully achieved something
  3. (colloquial) guy, dude (man; human male)
    Synonyms: chlapík, maník, typ, typus, kábr

Declension

Declension of borec (soft masculine animate reducible)
singular plural
nominative borec borci
genitive borce borců
dative borcovi, borci borcům
accusative borce borce
vocative borče borci
locative borcovi, borci borcích
instrumental borcem borci

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “borec”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

  • “borec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “borec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “borec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

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Noun

borec m anim

  1. (colloquial) a man who successfully achieved something
  2. sportsman, athlete

Declension

Declension of borec
singular plural
nominative borec borci
genitive borca borcov
dative borcovi borcom
accusative borca borcov
locative borcovi borcoch
instrumental borcom borcami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “borec”, 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

Slovene

Pronunciation

Noun

bọ̑rəc m anim

  1. fighter (military)
  2. fighter (non-military)

Inflection

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Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. bórec
gen. sing. bórca
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		bórec bórca bórci
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		bórca bórcev bórcev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		bórcu bórcema bórcem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		bórca bórca bórce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		bórcu bórcih bórcih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		bórcem bórcema bórci

Further reading

  • “borec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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