samouk

Czech

Etymology

From samo- +‎ učit.

Noun

samouk m anim

1. self-taught person; autodidact

Declension

Declension of samouk (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	samouk	samouci
genitive	samouka	samouků
dative	samoukovi, samouku	samoukům
accusative	samouka	samouky
vocative	samouku	samouci
locative	samoukovi, samouku	samoucích
instrumental	samoukem	samouky

Related terms

• samouctví

Further reading

• “samouk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “samouk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “samouk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Polish

Etymology

From samo- +‎ uczyć.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈmɔ.uk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔuk
• Syllabification: sa‧mo‧uk

Noun

samouk m pers

1. self-taught person; autodidact

   Synonym: autodydakta

Declension

Declension of samouk

	singular	plural
nominative	samouk	samoucy/samouki (deprecative)
genitive	samouka	samouków
dative	samoukowi	samoukom
accusative	samouka	samouków
instrumental	samoukiem	samoukami
locative	samouku	samoukach
vocative	samouku	samoucy

Derived terms

(nouns):

• samouctwo
• samouczek

Further reading

• samouk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• samouk in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

samouk m (Cyrillic spelling самоук)

1. self-taught person; autodidact

   Synonym: autodidakt

Adjective

samouk (Cyrillic spelling самоук, definite samouki)

1. self-taught

Declension

Declension of samouk

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		samouk	samouka	samouko
genitive		samouka	samouke	samouka
dative		samouku	samoukoj	samouku
accusative	inanimate animate	samouk samouka	samouku	samouko
vocative		samouk	samouka	samouko
locative		samouku	samoukoj	samouku
instrumental		samoukim	samoukom	samoukim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		samouki	samouke	samouka
genitive		samoukih	samoukih	samoukih
dative		samoukim(a)	samoukim(a)	samoukim(a)
accusative		samouke	samouke	samouka
vocative		samouki	samouke	samouka
locative		samoukim(a)	samoukim(a)	samoukim(a)
instrumental		samoukim(a)	samoukim(a)	samoukim(a)