lovec

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech lovec, from Proto-Slavic *lovьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlovɛt͡s]
• Rhymes: -ovɛts

Noun

lovec m anim (female equivalent lovkyně)

1. hunter

   Synonym: myslivec

Declension

Declension of lovec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	lovec	lovci
genitive	lovce	lovců
dative	lovcovi, lovci	lovcům
accusative	lovce	lovce
vocative	lovče	lovci
locative	lovcovi, lovci	lovcích
instrumental	lovcem	lovci

Derived terms

• lovecký
• lovectví

 

Related terms

• lov
• lovit

 

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lovьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɔ̀ːʋət͡s/

Noun

lóvəc m anim

1. hunter
2. (chess) bishop

   Synonym: tekáč

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 anim., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	lôvec
gen. sing.	lôvca
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lôvec	lôvca	lôvci
genitive (rodȋlnik)	lôvca	lôvcev	lôvcev
dative (dajȃlnik)	lôvcu	lôvcema	lôvcem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lôvca	lôvca	lôvce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	lôvcu	lôvcih	lôvcih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	lôvcem	lôvcema	lôvci

Further reading

• “lovec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran