зет

See also: зэт and Appendix:Variations of "zet"

Bulgarian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛt]

• Audio (Standard Bulgarian):

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

зет • (zet) m (relational adjective зе́тов or зе́тьов, diminutive зе́тец or зе́тче)

1. son-in-law
2. brother-in-law

Declension

Declension of зет

	singular	plural
indefinite	зет zet	зе́тьове zétjove
definite (subject form)	зе́тят zétjat	зе́тьовете zétjovete
definite (object form)	зе́тя zétja
vocative form	зе́тко, зе́то1, зе́тьо1 zétko, zéto1, zétjo1	зе́тьове zétjove

¹Dialectal.

References

• “зет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “зет”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Anagrams

• тез (tez)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛt]
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

зет • (zet) m (relational adjective зетовски)

1. son-in-law (daughter's husband)
2. brother-in-law (sister's husband)

Declension

Declension of зет

	singular	plural
indefinite	зет (zet)	зетови (zetovi)
definite unspecified	зетот (zetot)	зетовите (zetovite)
definite proximal	зетов (zetov)	зетовиве (zetovive)
definite distal	зетон (zeton)	зетовине (zetovine)
vocative	зету (zetu) зете (zete)	зетови (zetovi)
count form	—	зета (zeta)

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛt] (phonetic respelling: зэт)

Noun

зет • (zɛt) m inan (genitive зе́та, nominative plural зе́ты, genitive plural зе́тов)

1. The Roman letter Z, z.

Declension

Declension of зет (inan masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	зе́т zɛ́t	зе́ты zɛ́ty
genitive	зе́та zɛ́ta	зе́тов zɛ́tov
dative	зе́ту zɛ́tu	зе́там zɛ́tam
accusative	зе́т zɛ́t	зе́ты zɛ́ty
instrumental	зе́том zɛ́tom	зе́тами zɛ́tami
prepositional	зе́те zɛ́te	зе́тах zɛ́tax

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zêt/

Noun

зе̏т m anim (Latin spelling zȅt)

1. son-in-law
2. brother-in-law (husband of one's sibling)

Declension

Declension of зет

	singular	plural
nominative	зет	зетови
genitive	зета	зетова
dative	зету	зетовима
accusative	зета	зетове
vocative	зете	зетови
locative	зету	зетовима
instrumental	зетом	зетовима

Further reading

• “зет”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
• “зет”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zɛt]

Noun

зет • (zet) m inan (genitive зе́та, nominative plural зе́ти, genitive plural зе́тів)

1. zed, the Roman letter Z, z.

Declension

Declension of зет
(inan hard masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	зет zet	зе́ти zéty
genitive	зе́та zéta	зе́тів zétiv
dative	зе́тові, зе́ту zétovi, zétu	зе́там zétam
accusative	зет zet	зе́ти zéty
instrumental	зе́том zétom	зе́тами zétamy
locative	зе́ті zéti	зе́тах zétax
vocative	зе́те zéte	зе́ти zéty

Derived terms

• зе́товий (zétovyj), зетоподі́бний (zetopodíbnyj)

Further reading

• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “зет”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• “зет”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)