borec

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian боре́ц (boréc, “fighter”) from боро́ться (borótʹsja, “to fight”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈborɛt͡s]
• Rhymes: -orɛts

Noun

borec m anim

1. sportsman, athlete
2. (colloquial) a man who successfully achieved something
3. (colloquial) guy, dude (man; human male)

   Synonyms: chlapík, maník, typ, typus, kábr

Declension

Declension of borec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	borec	borci
genitive	borce	borců
dative	borcovi, borci	borcům
accusative	borce	borce
vocative	borče	borci
locative	borcovi, borci	borcích
instrumental	borcem	borci

Derived terms

• borka
• borkyně

 

Further reading

• “borec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “borec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “borec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɔret͡s]

Noun

borec m pers (female equivalent borkyňa)

1. (colloquial) a man who successfully achieved something
2. sportsman, athlete

Declension

Declension of borec (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	borec	borci
genitive	borca	borcov
dative	borcovi	borcom
accusative	borca	borcov
locative	borcovi	borcoch
instrumental	borcom	borcami

Derived terms

• ľadoborec
• boriť

Further reading

• “borec”, 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, 2003–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bóːrət͡s/

Noun

bọ̑rəc m anim

1. fighter (military)
2. fighter (non-military)

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., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	bórec
gen. sing.	bórca
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	bórec	bórca	bórci
genitive (rodȋlnik)	bórca	bórcev	bórcev
dative (dajȃlnik)	bórcu	bórcema	bórcem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	bórca	bórca	bórce
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	bórcu	bórcih	bórcih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	bórcem	bórcema	bórci

Further reading

• “borec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024