vitez

See also: vitéz and vítěz

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vitędzь, borrowed from Germanic *wiking- (compare Old Norse víkingr). Cognate with Slovene vitez, dialectal Bulgarian витез (vitez), Russian витязь (vitjazʹ, “hero”), Slovak víťaz (“winner”).

Noun

vȉtēz m (Cyrillic spelling ви̏те̄з)

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

Declension

Declension of vitez

	singular	plural
nominative	vitez	vitezovi
genitive	viteza	vitezova
dative	vitezu	vitezovima
accusative	viteza	vitezove
vocative	viteže	vitezovi
locative	vitezu	vitezovima
instrumental	vitezom	vitezovima

Quotations

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

Derived terms

• vȉtēškī

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vitędzь, borrowed from Germanic *wiking- (compare Old Norse víkingr). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian витез/vitez, dialectal Bulgarian витез (vitez), Russian витязь (vitjazʹ, “hero”), Slovak víťaz (“winner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋíːtɛs/

Noun

vȋtez m anim

1. knight (warrior)

Inflection

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