cech

See also: Čech

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛx]

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• Rhymes: -ɛx

Noun

cech m inan

1. guild

Anagrams

• chce

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Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zeche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛxː]
• Hyphenation: cech

Noun

cech (plural cechek)

1. (colloquial) bill, check, tab (especially in a restaurant or bar)

   Synonym: számla

2. (colloquial, by extension) expense, charge

   Synonym: költség

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	cech	cechek
accusative	cechet	cecheket
dative	cechnek	cecheknek
instrumental	cechhel	cechekkel
causal-final	cechért	cechekért
translative	cechhé	cechekké
terminative	cechig	cechekig
essive-formal	cechként	cechekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	cechben	cechekben
superessive	cechen	cecheken
adessive	cechnél	cecheknél
illative	cechbe	cechekbe
sublative	cechre	cechekre
allative	cechhez	cechekhez
elative	cechből	cechekből
delative	cechről	cechekről
ablative	cechtől	cechektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	ceché	cecheké
non-attributive possessive - plural	cechéi	cechekéi

Possessive forms of cech
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	cechem	cecheim, cechjeim
2nd person sing.	ceched	cecheid, cechjeid
3rd person sing.	ceche, cechje	cechei, cechjei
1st person plural	cechünk	cecheink, cechjeink
2nd person plural	cechetek	cecheitek, cechjeitek
3rd person plural	cechük, cechjük	cecheik, cechjeik

Further reading

• cech in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• cech in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲex/

Determiner

cech (usual form in the Milan glosses)

1. Alternative form of cach (“each, every”)
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 63^d7

     condan·samailter fri cech ndodcadchai

     so that we are compared to every infelicity

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cech	chech	cech pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German zëch(e).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛx/

• Audio

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Noun

cech m inan

1. guild

Declension

Declension of cech

	singular	plural
nominative	cech	cechy
genitive	cechu	cechów
dative	cechowi	cechom
accusative	cech	cechy
instrumental	cechem	cechami
locative	cechu	cechach
vocative	cechu	cechy

Derived terms

• (adjective) cechowy

Noun

cech

1. genitive plural of cecha

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Slovak

Etymology

From Middle High German zëch(e).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛx/

Noun

cech m (genitive singular cechu, nominative plural cechy, genitive plural cechov, declension pattern of dub)

1. guild

Declension

Declension of cech

	singular	plural
nominative	cech	cechy
genitive	cechu	cechov
dative	cechu	cechom
accusative	cech	cechy
locative	cechu	cechoch
instrumental	cechom	cechmi

Derived terms

• cechový

Further reading

• “cech”, 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