meč

See also: mec, MEC, мөс, and měć

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech meč, from Proto-Slavic *mьčь, *mečь, itself a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛt͡ʃ]
• Hyphenation: meč
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃ

Noun

meč m inan

1. sword

Derived terms

• mečík
• mečíř
• mečoun

 

Further reading

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Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mьčь, *mečь, itself a borrowing from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Noun

meč m

1. sword

Descendants

• Czech: meč

Further reading

• Template:R:Vokabulář webový

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mьčь, *mečь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Alternative forms

• (standard): mȁč

Noun

meč m (Cyrillic spelling меч)

1. (Chakavian) sword
   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     sprid i zad jahahu vitezi železni,

     kopja jim se sjahu i meči bodežni.

   • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:

     Svak u vojski muči gledav sablju ter meč,

     Pod njom zemlja buci deset milj udaleč.

   • 1684, Pavao Vitezović, Odiljenje sigetsko:

     I njoj meč smrt zada kod drugih vojnika,

     što je mužu sada ta vladika? Dika.

Etymology 2

From English match.

Noun

mȅč m (Cyrillic spelling ме̏ч)

1. match (sporting event)

Declension

Declension of meč

	singular	plural
nominative	meč	mečevi
genitive	meča	mečeva
dative	meču	mečevima
accusative	meč	mečeve
vocative	meču	mečevi
locative	meču	mečevima
instrumental	mečom	mečevima

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mьčь, *mečь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

1. sword

Declension

Declension of meč

	singular	plural
nominative	meč	meče
genitive	meča	mečov
dative	meču	mečom
accusative	meč	meče
locative	meči	mečoch
instrumental	mečom	mečmi

Derived terms

• mečový
• mečík m

References

• “meč”, 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, 2024

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mečь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ́t͡ʃ/

Noun

mȅč m inan

1. sword

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing.	mèč
gen. sing.	mêča
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	mèč	mêča	mêči
genitive (rodȋlnik)	mêča	mêčev	mêčev
dative (dajȃlnik)	mêču	mêčema	mêčem
accusative (tožȋlnik)	mèč	mêča	mêče
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	mêču	mêčih	mêčih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	mêčem	mêčema	mêči

See also

• sáblja

Further reading

• “meč”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran