dikobraz

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дикобра́з (dikobráz) by Jan Svatopluk Presl;[1] from ди́кий (díkij, wild) + о́браз (óbraz, looking).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɪkobras]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

dikobraz m anim (relational adjective dikobrazí)

  1. porcupine (rodent of the genus Hystrix)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “dikobraz”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed by Bogoslav Šulek from Czech dikobraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dîkobraːz/
  • Hyphenation: di‧ko‧braz

Noun

dȉkobrāz m anim (Cyrillic spelling ди̏кобра̄з)

  1. porcupine

Declension

Declension of dikobraz
singular plural
nominative dikobraz dikobrazi
genitive dikobraza dikobraza
dative dikobrazu dikobrazima
accusative dikobraza dikobraze
vocative dikobraze dikobrazi
locative dikobrazu dikobrazima
instrumental dikobrazom dikobrazima

Further reading

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