ježek
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *(j)ežь + -ek (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjɛʒɛk]
Noun
ježek m anim (relational adjective ježčí, diminutive ježeček)
- hedgehog (mammal)
- sea urchin (marine animal)
- Synonym: ježovka
- (rare, expressive) prickly person
Declension
Noun
ježek m inan or m anim
Declension
when inanimate:
Declension of ježek (velar masculine inanimate reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ježek | ježky |
| genitive | ježku | ježků |
| dative | ježku | ježkům |
| accusative | ježek | ježky |
| vocative | ježku | ježky |
| locative | ježku | ježcích |
| instrumental | ježkem | ježky |
when animate:
Related terms
adjectives
- ježatý
- ježčí
- ježkovitý
- ježkový
- ježkův
interjections
verbs
Further reading
- “ježek”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “ježek”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “ježek”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025