Czech edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ "borec" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading edit

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

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

borec m anim (genitive singular borca, nominative plural borci, genitive plural borcov, declension pattern of chlap)

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

bọ̑rəc m anim

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

Inflection edit

 
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. 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 edit

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