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:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

зет • (zetm

  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.

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zętь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɛt]
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

зет • (zetm (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 • (zɛtm inan (genitive зе́та, nominative plural зе́ты, genitive plural зе́тов)

  1. The Roman letter Z, z.

Declension

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), 2006–2025
  • зет”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [zɛt]

Noun

зет • (zetm 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)