vitez

See also: vitéz and vítěz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vitędzь. Possibly a Doublet of viking or, per Machek and Brückner, derived from an older Slavic source.

Noun

vȉtēz m anim (Cyrillic spelling ви̏те̄з)

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

Declension

Declension of vitez

	singular	plural
nominative	vȉtēz	vȉtēzi / vȉtezovi
genitive	vȉtēza	vȉtēz / vitezóvā
dative	vȉtēzu	vȉtēzima / vitezòvima
accusative	vȉtēza	vȉtēze / vȉtezove
vocative	vȉtēže	vȉtēzi / vȉtezovi
locative	vȉtēzu	vȉtēzima / vitezòvima
instrumental	vȉtēzom	vȉtēzima / vitezòvima

Quotations

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

Derived terms

• vȉtēškī

Further reading

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

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vitędzь. Possibly a Doublet of viking or, per Machek and Brückner, derived from an older Slavic source. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋíːtɛs/

Noun

vȋtez m anim

1. knight (warrior)

Declension

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., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	vítez
gen. sing.	víteza
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vítez	víteza	vítezi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	víteza	vítezov	vítezov
dative (dajȃlnik)	vítezu	vítezoma	vítezom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	víteza	víteza	víteze
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vítezu	vítezih	vítezih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vítezom	vítezoma	vítezi

Further reading

• “vitez”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026