витез

Bulgarian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der.

Proto-Germanic *wīkō?

Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Germanic *-īnaz

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

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Proto-Germanic *-ingaz?

Proto-Germanic *wīkingazbor.

Proto-Slavic *vicęgъ

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Proto-Slavic *vitěnьcьinflu.

Proto-Slavic *vitędzь

Bulgarian витез

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vitędzь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvitɛs]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -itɛs
• Syllabification^(key): ви‧тез

Noun

ви́тез • (vítez) m

1. (poetic, obsolescent) alternative form of ви́тег (víteg, “hero, knight”)

Declension

Declension of ви́тез

	singular	plural
indefinite	ви́тез vítez	ви́тези vítezi
definite (subject form)	ви́тезът vítezăt	ви́тезите vítezite
definite (object form)	ви́теза víteza
count form	—	ви́теза víteza
vocative form	ви́теже víteže	ви́тези vítezi

References

• “витез”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• Nayden Gerov (1895), “витязъ”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language] (in Bulgarian), volume 1, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 128

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vitędzь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvitɛs]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ви‧тез

Noun

ви́тез • (vítez) m (plural ви́тези, related adjective ви́тешки)

1. knight
2. (poetic) hero

Declension

Declension of витез

	singular	plural
indefinite	витез (vitez)	витези (vitezi)
definite unspecified	витезот (vitezot)	витезите (vitezite)
definite proximal	витезов (vitezov)	витезиве (vitezive)
definite distal	витезон (vitezon)	витезине (vitezine)
vocative	витезу (vitezu)	витези (vitezi)
count form	—	витеза (viteza)

See also

• (dated): ри́цар m (rícar)

References

• “витез” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vitędzь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz (compare Old Norse víkingr).

Noun

ви̏те̄з m anim (Latin spelling vȉtēz)

1. knight (warrior)
2. (literary) horseman, warrior

Declension

Declension of витез

	singular	plural
nominative	витез	витезови
genitive	витеза	витезова
dative	витезу	витезовима
accusative	витеза	витезове
vocative	витеже	витезови
locative	витезу	витезовима
instrumental	витезом	витезовима

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:vitez.

Derived terms

• ви̏те̄шкӣ