herec

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ígrāˀ

Proto-Slavic *jьgrà

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei

Proto-Slavic *-ati

Proto-Slavic *jьgrati

Proto-Indo-European *-kosder.

Proto-Indo-European *-i-kos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ikas

Proto-Slavic *-ьcь

Proto-Slavic *jьgrьcь

Old Czech jhřec

Czech herec

Inherited from Old Czech jhřec, from Proto-Slavic *jьgrьcь. By surface analysis, jhráti + -ec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrɛt͡s]

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɛts

Noun

herec m anim (female equivalent herečka)

1. actor, player (person who performs in a theatrical play or film)

   Synonym: aktér

Declension

Declension of herec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	herec	herci
genitive	herce	herců
dative	hercovi, herci	hercům
accusative	herce	herce
vocative	herče	herci
locative	hercovi, herci	hercích
instrumental	hercem	herci

Derived terms

• herecký
• herectví

Further reading

• “herec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “herec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “herec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ígrāˀ

Proto-Slavic *jьgrà

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei

Proto-Slavic *-ati

Proto-Slavic *jьgrati

Proto-Indo-European *-kosder.

Proto-Indo-European *-i-kos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ikas

Proto-Slavic *-ьcь

Proto-Slavic *jьgrьcь

Slovak herec

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьgrьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦeret͡s/, [ˈɦeret͡s]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eret͡s
• Hyphenation: he‧rec

Noun

herec m pers (female equivalent herečka, relational adjective herecký)

1. actor

Declension

Declension of herec
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	herec	herci
genitive	herca	hercov
dative	hercovi	hercom
accusative	herca	hercov
locative	hercovi	hercoch
instrumental	hercom	hercami

Further reading

• “herec”, 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, 2003–2026