kec

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

  1. goat kid less than a year old

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Czech

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Etymology

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Deverbal from kecat.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kec m inan

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

Declension

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Further reading

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  • 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

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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kȇc m (Cyrillic spelling ке̑ц)

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

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See also

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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