Matej

See also: matej and Matěj

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin Matthaeus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǎtej/

Proper noun

Màtej m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀теј)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew

Related terms

• Màtija

Further reading

• “Matej”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2024

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmacej]

Proper noun

Matej m pers

1. a male given name
2. a male surname transferred from the given name

Declension

Declension of Matej

	singular	plural
nominative	Matej	Matejovia
genitive	Mateja	Matejov
dative	Matejovi	Matejom
accusative	Mateja	Matejov
locative	Matejovi	Matejoch
instrumental	Matejom	Matejmi

Derived terms

• Maco, Macko
• Matejko
• Maťo, Maťko

 

Further reading

• “Matej”, 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): /matɛ́ːj/

Proper noun

Matȇj m inan

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Matthew

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.	Matêj
gen. sing.	Matêja
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Matêj	Matêja	Matêji
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Matêja	Matêjev	Matêjev
dative (dajȃlnik)	Matêju	Matêjema	Matêjem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Matêja	Matêja	Matêje
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Matêju	Matêjih	Matêjih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Matêjem	Matêjema	Matêji