vdovec

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech vdovec, from Proto-Slavic *vьdovьcь. Equivalent to vdova +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvdovɛt͡s]
• Hyphenation: vdo‧vec

Noun

vdovec m anim (female equivalent vdova)

1. widower (man whose wife has died)

Declension

Declension of vdovec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	vdovec	vdovci
genitive	vdovce	vdovců
dative	vdovcovi, vdovci	vdovcům
accusative	vdovce	vdovce
vocative	vdovče	vdovci
locative	vdovcovi, vdovci	vdovcích
instrumental	vdovcem	vdovci

Related terms

• ovdovět
• vdova

 

Further reading

• “vdovec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “vdovec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьdovьcь. Equivalent to vdova +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvdɔvet͡s]

Noun

vdovec m pers (genitive singular vdovca, nominative plural vdovci, genitive plural vdovcov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. widower (man whose wife has died)

Declension

Declension of vdovec

	singular	plural
nominative	vdovec	vdovci
genitive	vdovca	vdovcov
dative	vdovcovi	vdovcom
accusative	vdovca	vdovcov
locative	vdovcovi	vdovcoch
instrumental	vdovcom	vdovcami

Related terms

• vdova
• ovdovieť

References

• “vdovec”, 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