Matej

See also: matej and Matěj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin Matthaeus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mǎtej/

Proper noun

Màtej m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀теј)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew

Further reading

  • Matej”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmacej]

Proper noun

Matej m pers

  1. a male given name
  2. a male surname transferred from the given name

Declension

Declension of Matej
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativeMatejMatejovia
genitiveMatejaMatejov
dativeMatejoviMatejom
accusativeMatejaMatejov
locativeMatejoviMatejoch
instrumentalMatejomMatejmi

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Matej”, 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

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /matɛ́ːj/

Proper noun

Matȇj m inan

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew

Declension

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 anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing. Matêj
gen. sing. Matêja
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Matêj Matêja Matêji
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
Matêja Matêjev Matêjev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
Matêju Matêjema Matêjem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
Matêja Matêja Matêje
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Matêju Matêjih Matêjih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Matêjem Matêjema Matêji