borec

Czech

Etymology

From Russian боре́ц (boréc, “fighter”) from боро́ться (borótʹsja, “to fight”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈborɛt͡s]
  • Rhymes: -orɛts

Noun

borec m

  1. sportsman, athlete
  2. (colloquial) a man who successfully achieved something
  3. (colloquial) guy, dude (man; human male)

Declension
Declension
singular plural
nominative borec borci
genitive borce borců
dative borci borcům
accusative borce borce
vocative borče borci
locative borci borcích
instrumental borcem borci

Synonyms

Derived terms

References
  1. "borec" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Further reading
  • borec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • borec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔrɛt͡s/

Noun

borec m (genitive singular borca, nominative plural borci, genitive plural borcov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. (colloquial) a man who successfully achieved something
  2. sportsman, athlete[1]

Declension
Declension of borec
singular plural
nominative borec borci
genitive borca borcov
dative borcovi borcom
accusative borca borcov
locative borcovi borcoch
instrumental borcom borcami

Derived terms

References
  1. Pravidlá slovenského pravopisu
  • borec in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bóːrət͡s/

Noun

bọ̑rəc m anim

  1. fighter (military)
  2. fighter (non-military)

Inflection
Masculine anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. bórec
gen. sing. bórca
singular dual plural
nominative bórec bórca bórci
accusative bórca bórca bórce
genitive bórca bórcev bórcev
dative bórcu bórcema bórcem
locative bórcu bórcih bórcih
instrumental bórcem bórcema bórci
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