jež

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛʃ]

Pronoun

jež

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

Verb

jež

1. second-person singular imperative of ježit

Lower Sorbian

jež

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ežь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeʃ/

Noun

jež m anim (diminutive ježyk)

1. hedgehog

Declension

Declension of jež

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	jež	ježa	ježe
Genitive	ježa	ježowu	ježow
Dative	ježoju	ježoma	ježam
Accusative	ježa	ježowu	ježe, ježow
Instrumental	ježom	ježoma	ježami
Locative	ježu	ježoma	ježach

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jêːʒ/

Noun

jȇž m (Cyrillic spelling је̑ж, diminutive jèžić)

1. hedgehog

Declension

Declension of jež

	singular	plural
nominative	jȇž	jèževi
genitive	ježa	ježeva
dative	ježu	ježevima
accusative	ježa	ježeve
vocative	ježe	ježevi
locative	ježu	ježevima
instrumental	ježom	ježevima

Derived terms

• mòrskī jȇž

Further reading

• “jež”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jeʃ]

Noun

jež m animal (female equivalent ježica, relational adjective ježí or ježací or ježový, diminutive ježko)

1. hedgehog (mammal)

Declension

Declension of jež (patterns chlap (singular) and stroj (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	jež	ježe
genitive	ježa	ježov
dative	ježovi	ježom
accusative	ježa	ježe
locative	ježovi	ježoch
instrumental	ježom	ježmi

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, 2003–2025

Slovene

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
• “jež”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references