kec

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kec"

Albanian

Alternative forms

• keç, kedh

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

• edh

Derived terms

• keçe

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

Related terms

• kecat
• pokec m
• pokecat

 

Further reading

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

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