borec

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

borec m anim

  1. sportsman, athlete
  2. (colloquial) a man who successfully achieved something
  3. (colloquial) guy, dude (man; human male)
    Synonyms: chlapík, maník, typ, typus, kábr

Declension

Declension of borec (soft masculine animate reducible)
singular plural
nominative borec borci
genitive borce borců
dative borcovi, borci borcům
accusative borce borce
vocative borče borci
locative borcovi, borci borcích
instrumental borcem borci

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “borec”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɔret͡s]

Noun

borec m pers (female equivalent borkyňa)

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

Declension

Declension of borec
(pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativeborecborci
genitiveborcaborcov
dativeborcoviborcom
accusativeborcaborcov
locativeborcoviborcoch
instrumentalborcomborcami

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “borec”, 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): /bóːrət͡s/

Noun

bọ̑rəc m anim

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

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. bórec
gen. sing. bórca
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		bórec bórca bórci
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		bórca bórcev bórcev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		bórcu bórcema bórcem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		bórca bórca bórce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		bórcu bórcih bórcih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		bórcem bórcema bórci

Further reading

  • “borec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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