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Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь + -ek (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
ježek m anim
- hedgehog (mammal)
- sea urchin (marine animal)
- Synonym: ježovka
- (rare, expressive) prickly person
Declension
Declension of ježek (velar masculine animate reducible)
Noun
ježek m inan or m anim
- thing similar to a hedgehog, e.g.:
- burdock fruit
- pigtail combed so that it sticks up
- kitchen pastry studded with almonds
- (agriculture) spiked roller for crushing clods of dirt
- (military) spiked roadblock used in field fortification
Declension
when inanimate:
Declension of ježek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)
when animate:
Declension of ježek (velar masculine animate reducible)
Further reading
- “ježek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “ježek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “ježek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)