jež

See also: jez, Jez, jěz, Jež, jěž, jeż, Jeż, jéż, jez., and jęz.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjɛʃ]

Pronoun

jež

  1. inflection of jenž:
    1. nominative singular feminine/neuter
    2. accusative singular neuter
    3. accusative plural

Verb

jež

  1. second-person singular imperative of ježit

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ežь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɛʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃ
  • Syllabification: jež

Noun

jež m anim (diminutive ježyk)

  1. hedgehog

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jêːʒ/

Noun

jȇž m anim (Cyrillic spelling је̑ж, diminutive jèžić)

  1. hedgehog

Declension

Declension of jež
singular plural
nominative jȇž jèževi
genitive ježa ježeva
dative ježu ježevima
accusative ježa ježeve
vocative ježe ježevi
locative ježu ježevima
instrumental ježom ježevima

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jeʃ]

Noun

jež m animal (female equivalent ježica, relational adjective ježí or ježací or ježový, diminutive ježko)

  1. hedgehog (mammal)

Declension

Declension of jež
(patterns chlap (singular) and stroj (plural))
singularplural
nominativeježježe
genitiveježaježov
dativeježoviježom
accusativeježaježe
locativeježoviježoch
instrumentalježomježmi

Further reading

  • jež”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jèːʃ/, /jéːʃ/

Noun

jẹ̄ž m anim

  1. hedgehog

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., soft o-stem
nom. sing. jéž
gen. sing. jéža
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
jéž jéža jéži
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
jéža jéžev jéžev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
jéžu jéžema jéžem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
jéža jéža jéže
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
jéžu jéžih jéžih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
jéžem jéžema jéži

Further reading

  • jež”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • jež”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references