ujec

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech ujec, from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈujɛt͡s]

Noun

ujec m anim

(All meanings now:) rare or obsolete or dialectal

1. (rare, dialectal) maternal uncle (uncle on the mother's side of the family)
2. (rare, dialectal) husband of mother's sister
3. (rare, dialectal) gaffer, a fellow
4. (obsolete) eagle owl (any of various Old World large owls of the genus Bubo, especially Bubo bubo, that have prominent ear tufts)

Declension

Declension of ujec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	ujec	ujci
genitive	ujce	ujců
dative	ujcovi, ujci	ujcům
accusative	ujce	ujce
vocative	ujče	ujci
locative	ujcovi, ujci	ujcích
instrumental	ujcem	ujci

Noun

ujec m inan

1. (obsolete) a variety of salceson
2. (obsolete) pillow, a cushion

Declension

Declension of ujec (soft masculine inanimate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	ujec	ujce
genitive	ujce	ujců
dative	ujci	ujcům
accusative	ujec	ujce
vocative	ujci	ujce
locative	ujci	ujcích
instrumental	ujcem	ujci

Further reading

• Salceson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “ujec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ujec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Slovak

Etymology

From ujo +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈujet͡s]

Noun

ujec m pers (genitive singular ujca, nominative plural ujcovia, genitive plural ujcov, declension pattern of chlap)

1. maternal uncle

Declension

Declension of ujec

	singular	plural
nominative	ujec	ujcovia
genitive	ujca	ujcov
dative	ujcovi	ujcom
accusative	ujca	ujcov
locative	ujcovi	ujcoch
instrumental	ujcom	ujcami

Derived terms

• ujček

Further reading

• “ujec”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ujь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ùːjət͡s/, /úːjət͡s/

Noun

ūjəc m anim

1. maternal uncle

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	újec
gen. sing.	ujca
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	újec	ujca	újci
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ujca	ujcev	ujcev
dative (dajȃlnik)	ujcu	ujcema	ujcem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	újec	ujca	ujce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ujcu	ujcih	ujcih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ujcem	ujcema	ujci

Further reading

• “ujec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “ujec”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references