ojciec

Polish

Etymology

From Old Polish ociec (genitive oćca > Modern ojca), from Proto-Slavic *otьcь, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *átta. The additional j in the nominative is by analogy with the oblique stem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔj.t͡ɕɛt͡s/

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Noun

ojciec m pers (abbreviation o.)

1. father, male parent
2. (figurative) father, originator
3. Father (honorific used for Catholic priests)

Declension

Declension of ojciec

	singular	plural
nominative	ojciec	ojcowie/ojce (deprecative)
genitive	ojca	ojców
dative	ojcu	ojcom
accusative	ojca	ojców
instrumental	ojcem	ojcami
locative	ojcu	ojcach
vocative	ojcze	ojcowie

Derived terms

• (nouns) ojcostwo n, ojcowizna f, ojczym m, ojczyzna f
• (adjectives) ojcowski, ojcowy

See also

• matka
• tata

Further reading

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