mudrc

Czech

Alternative forms

• mudřec (archaic)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech mudřec, from Proto-Slavic *mǫdrьcь. Cognate with Serbo-Croatian mudrac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmudr̩t͡s]

Noun

mudrc m anim (female equivalent mudrkyně or mudřena)

1. wise man, sage, philosopher
2. (sarcastic) a wise guy

Declension

Declension of mudrc (soft masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	mudrc	mudrci, mudrcové
genitive	mudrce	mudrců
dative	mudrcovi, mudrci	mudrcům
accusative	mudrce	mudrce
vocative	mudrci	mudrci, mudrcové
locative	mudrcovi, mudrci	mudrcích
instrumental	mudrcem	mudrci

Derived terms

• kámen mudrců m

Related terms

• moudrý

Further reading

• “mudrc”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mudrc”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mudrc”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mǫdrьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmudr̩t͡s]

Noun

mudrc m pers (relational adjective mudrcký)

1. a wise man, sage, philosopher
2. (sarcastic) a wise guy

Declension

Declension of mudrc (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	mudrc	mudrci
genitive	mudrca	mudrcov
dative	mudrcovi	mudrcom
accusative	mudrca	mudrcov
locative	mudrcovi	mudrcoch
instrumental	mudrcom	mudrcmi

Related terms

• múdrosť f

Further reading

• “mudrc”, 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