jež

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See also: jez, Jez, jěz, Jež, jěž, jeż, Jeż, jéż, jez., and jęz.

Czech

Pronunciation

Pronoun

jež

  1. inflection of jenž:
    1. nominative singular feminine/neuter
    2. accusative singular neuter
    3. accusative plural

Lower Sorbian

jež

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ežь.

Pronunciation

Noun

jež m animal (diminutive ježyk)

  1. hedgehog

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

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Wikipedia sh

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь.

Pronunciation

Noun

jȇž m (Cyrillic spelling је̑ж, diminutive jèžić)

  1. hedgehog

Declension

Derived terms

Slovak

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Wikipedia sk

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь.

Pronunciation

Noun

jež m anim

  1. hedgehog (mammal)

Declension

Further reading

  • jež”, 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

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Wikipedia sl

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jèːʃ/, /jéːʃ/

Noun

jẹ̄ž m anim

  1. hedgehog

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. jéž
gen. sing. jéža
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
jéž jéža jéži
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
jéža jéžev jéžev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
jéžu jéžema jéžem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
jéža jéža jéže
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
jéžu jéžih jéžih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
jéžem jéžema jéži

Further reading

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