kec

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kec"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either from Ottoman Turkish كچی (keçi, “goat”), or diminutive with hypocoristic suffix -ç ~ -c of regular kedh (see there for further etymology).

Noun

kec m (plural kecër or keca, definite keci, definite plural kecërit or kecat)

  1. goat kid less than a year old

Synonyms

Derived terms

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from kecat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɛt͡s]

Noun

kec m inan

  1. piffle, rubbish, nonsense
    Nevěř těm zprávám, jsou to kecy. ― Don't believe the news, it's rubbish.

Declension
Declension of kec (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative kec kecy
genitive kecu keců
dative kecu kecům
accusative kec kecy
vocative kece kecy
locative kecu kecech
instrumental kecem kecy

Further reading
  • kec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kec in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian kétszem (“deuce, ace in German playing cards”), the ace in French playing cards being egyszem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kêːt͡s/

Noun

kȇc m (Cyrillic spelling ке̑ц)

  1. (regional, chiefly Serbia and Bosnia) ace
  2. (Serbia and Bosnia, colloquial) An F in school

Declension
Declension of kec
singular plural
nominative kȇc kéčevi
genitive kéca kéčēvā
dative kécu kéčevima
accusative kȇc kéčeve
vocative kȇče kéčevi
locative kécu kéčevima
instrumental kécom kéčevima

See also
Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text)
as, kec dvojka, dvica trojka, trica četvorka, četvrtica petica šestica sedmica
osmica devetka, devetica desetka, desetica dečko, pub, žandar, fant kraljica, dama kralj džoker
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