praotec

Czech

Etymology

From pra- +‎ otec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpraotɛt͡s]

Noun

praotec m anim

1. (literary) forefather, progenitor
2. (literary) patriarch

Usage notes

• Used only for males. For females, the even more literary term pramáti is used.

Declension

Declension of praotec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	praotec	praotcové, praotci
genitive	praotce	praotců
dative	praotcovi, praotci	praotcům
accusative	praotce	praotce
vocative	praotče	praotcové, praotci
locative	praotcovi, praotci	praotcích
instrumental	praotcem	praotci

Further reading

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