zlosyn

Czech

Etymology

From zlo- +‎ syn (“son”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzlosɪn]
• Hyphenation: zlo‧syn

Noun

zlosyn m anim (female equivalent zlosynka, relational adjective zlosynský)

1. (literary) villain, bad guy

   Synonyms: padouch, zločinec, ničema, darebák

Declension

Declension of zlosyn (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	zlosyn	zlosynové, zlosyni
genitive	zlosyna	zlosynů
dative	zlosynovi, zlosynu	zlosynům
accusative	zlosyna	zlosyny
vocative	zlosyne	zlosynové, zlosyni
locative	zlosynovi, zlosynu	zlosynech
instrumental	zlosynem	zlosyny

Derived terms

• zlosynství

Further reading

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

Slovak

Etymology

From zlý +‎ -o- +‎ syn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzlɔsin]

Noun

zlosyn m pers

1. villain, bad guy

   Synonyms: zločinec, lotor, (colloquial) gauner, pekelník, (colloquial) kriminálnik

Declension

Declension of zlosyn (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	zlosyn	zlosynovia
genitive	zlosyna	zlosynov
dative	zlosynovi	zlosynom
accusative	zlosyna	zlosynov
locative	zlosynovi	zlosynoch
instrumental	zlosynom	zlosynmi

Further reading

• “zlosyn”, 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, 2003–2025