ujec

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Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ujec, from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

Pronunciation

Noun

ujec m anim

(All meanings now:) rare or obsolete or dialectal

  1. (rare, dialectal) maternal uncle (uncle on the mother's side of the family)
  2. (rare, dialectal) husband of mother's sister
  3. (rare, dialectal) gaffer, a fellow
  4. (obsolete) eagle owl (any of various Old World large owls of the genus Bubo, especially Bubo bubo, that have prominent ear tufts)

Declension

Noun

ujec m inan

  1. (obsolete) a variety of salceson
  2. (obsolete) pillow, a cushion

Declension

Further reading

  • Salceson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • ujec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • ujec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

Etymology

From ujo +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

Noun

ujec m anim (genitive singular ujca, nominative plural ujcovia, genitive plural ujcov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. maternal uncle

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ujec”, 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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ujь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ùːjət͡s/, /úːjət͡s/

Noun

ūjəc m anim

  1. maternal uncle

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 inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. újec
gen. sing. ujca
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
újec ujca újci
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
ujca ujcev ujcev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
ujcu ujcema ujcem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
újec ujca ujce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
ujcu ujcih ujcih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
ujcem ujcema ujci

Further reading

  • ujec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • ujec”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references