Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vȉtēz m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ви̏те̄з)

1. knight (warrior)
2. (literary) horseman, warrior

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:vitez.

Declension

Derived terms

• vȉtēškī

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vitędzь, borrowed from Germanic *wiking- (compare Old Norse víkingr). Cognate with Serbo-Croatian витез/vitez, dialectal Bulgarian витез ‎(vitez), Russian витязь ‎(vitjazʹ, “hero”), Slovak víťaz ‎(“winner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋíːtɛs/
• Tonal orthography: vȋtez

Noun

vítez m anim ‎(genitive víteza, nominative plural vítezi)

1. knight (warrior)

Declension