ježek

See also: Jezek

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь +‎ -ek (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjɛʒɛk]

Noun

ježek m anim

1. hedgehog (mammal)
2. sea urchin (marine animal)

   Synonym: ježovka

3. (rare, expressive) prickly person

Declension

Declension of ježek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	ježek	ježci, ježkové
genitive	ježka	ježků
dative	ježkovi, ježku	ježkům
accusative	ježka	ježky
vocative	ježku	ježci, ježkové
locative	ježkovi, ježku	ježcích
instrumental	ježkem	ježky

Noun

ježek m inan or m anim

1. thing similar to a hedgehog, e.g.:
   1. burdock fruit
   2. pigtail combed so that it sticks up
   3. kitchen pastry studded with almonds
   4. (agriculture) spiked roller for crushing clods of dirt
   5. (military) spiked roadblock used in field fortification

Declension

when inanimate:

Declension of ježek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	ježek	ježky
genitive	ježku	ježků
dative	ježku	ježkům
accusative	ježek	ježky
vocative	ježku	ježky
locative	ježku	ježcích
instrumental	ježkem	ježky

when animate:

Declension of ježek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	ježek	ježci, ježkové
genitive	ježka	ježků
dative	ježkovi, ježku	ježkům
accusative	ježka	ježky
vocative	ježku	ježci, ježkové
locative	ježkovi, ježku	ježcích
instrumental	ježkem	ježky

Related terms

• ježčí
• ježeček
• ježit

 

Further reading

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