otac

See also: Otac and -otać

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوتاق (otak, “big tent”).

Noun

otac n (plural otace or otacuri)

1. fenced area for animals
2. temporary hut for agricultural workers, fishers, animal herders

Declension

Declension of otac

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) otac	otacul	(niște) otace	otacele
genitive/dative	(unui) otac	otacului	(unor) otace	otacelor
vocative	otacule		otacelor

Declension of otac

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) otac	otacul	(niște) otacuri	otacurile
genitive/dative	(unui) otac	otacului	(unor) otacuri	otacurilor
vocative	otacule		otacurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *otьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǒtat͡s/

• òtac:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: o‧tac

Noun

òtac m (Cyrillic spelling о̀тац)

1. father

Declension

Declension of otac

	singular	plural
nominative	òtac	òčevi / òci
genitive	òca	òčēvā / otácā
dative	ocu	òčevima / òcima
accusative	oca	očeve / oce
vocative	oče	očevi / oci
locative	ocu	òčevima / òcima
instrumental	ocem	òčevima / òcima

Derived terms

• očev
• očinski
• otadžbina

 

Further reading

• “otac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024