otac

See also: Otac, -otać, and -ôtac

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوتاق (otak, “big tent”).

Noun

otac n (plural otace or otacuri)

1. fenced area for animals
2. temporary hut for agricultural workers, fishers, animal herders

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	otac	otacul	otace	otacele
genitive-dative	otac	otacului	otace	otacelor
vocative	otacule		otacelor

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	otac	otacul	otacuri	otacurile
genitive-dative	otac	otacului	otacuri	otacurilor
vocative	otacule		otacurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒtat͡s/

• òtac:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: o‧tac

Noun

òtac m anim (Cyrillic spelling о̀тац)

1. father

Declension

Declension of otac

	singular	plural
nominative	òtac	òčevi / òci
genitive	òca	òčēvā / otácā
dative	ocu	òčevima / òcima
accusative	oca	očeve / oce
vocative	oče	očevi / oci
locative	ocu	òčevima / òcima
instrumental	ocem	òčevima / òcima

Derived terms

• očev
• očinski
• otadžbina

Further reading

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