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teacher

Source:*učitelьProto-Slavic · “teacher (from *učiti 'to teach')”certain

English

teacher

Polish

nauczyciel
nauˈtʂɨtɕɛl
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BCS script
  • Russian
    учи́тельučitelʹ
    uˈtɕitʲɪlʲinherited
  • Ukrainian
    вчи́тельvčytelʹ
    ˈwtʃɪtɛlʲinherited

    Ukrainian alternates у- and в- at the start of a word for smooth flow: учи́тель after a consonant.

  • Polish
    nauczyciel
    nauˈtʂɨtɕɛlinherited

    Built on nauczyć 'to teach', with the prefix na-.

  • Czech
    učitel
    ˈutʃɪcɛlinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    učiteljучитељ
    ˈutʃiteʎinherited

    In secondary schools also nastavnik.

  • English
    teacher