cặc

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cac"

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• kẹc
• cặk, căk

Etymology

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The indefinite pronoun sense evolves from the noun sense owing to the Jaspersen's cycle, by which, for instances, French negative pronouns pas, personne, and rien evolve.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kak̚˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kak̚˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kak̚˨˩˨]

Noun

cặc • (極, 胳)

1. (very vulgar) cock, prick, dick

   Synonyms: buồi, cu

   • Nam Giao cổ kim lý hạng ca dao chú giải (《南交古金里巷歌謠註解》 "Past & Present Folk-ballads from the Hamlets and Alleyways of Jiao[zhi] in the South - Annotated "), folio 193b

     󱥕(Nứng)󱥌(cặc)辰(thì)搏(vác)𦥃(đến)茄(nhà)

     Bring [your] hard cock [here] to [my] abode.

Pronoun

cặc

1. (very vulgar, indefinite) nothing

   Cho mày cái con cặc nè!

   I'll give you no fucking thing!

See also

• lồn