kupec

See also: Kupec and Kupeć

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь. By surface analysis, koupit +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupɛt͡s]

• Audio:

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Noun

kupec m anim

1. merchant, trader

   Synonym: obchodník

Declension

Declension of kupec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kupec	kupci
genitive	kupce	kupců
dative	kupcovi, kupci	kupcům
accusative	kupce	kupce
vocative	kupče	kupci
locative	kupcovi, kupci	kupcích
instrumental	kupcem	kupci

Derived terms

nouns

• kupčíček
• kupčík
• kupeček

Related terms

adjectives

• kupecký

nouns

• koupě
• kupčení
• kupectví
• nákup

verbs

• koupit
• kupovat

Further reading

• “kupec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kupec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kupec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovak kupec (“merchant, trader”), from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь (compare Czech kupec (“merchant, trader”), Serbo-Croatian kúpac (“buyer”), Russian купе́ц (kupéc, “merchant; buyer”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupɛt͡s]
• Hyphenation: ku‧pec
• Rhymes: -ɛt͡s

Noun

kupec (plural kupecek)

1. a merchant of domestic animals (particularly horses, cattle, or pigs)

   Synonym: jószágkereskedő

2. (generally) merchant, trader

   Synonym: kereskedő

3. (dialectal, derogatory) money-grubber, mercenary

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	kupec	kupecek
accusative	kupecet	kupeceket
dative	kupecnek	kupeceknek
instrumental	kupeccel	kupecekkel
causal-final	kupecért	kupecekért
translative	kupeccé	kupecekké
terminative	kupecig	kupecekig
essive-formal	kupecként	kupecekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kupecben	kupecekben
superessive	kupecen	kupeceken
adessive	kupecnél	kupeceknél
illative	kupecbe	kupecekbe
sublative	kupecre	kupecekre
allative	kupechez	kupecekhez
elative	kupecből	kupecekből
delative	kupecről	kupecekről
ablative	kupectől	kupecektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	kupecé	kupeceké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kupecéi	kupecekéi

Possessive forms of kupec

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kupecem	kupeceim
2nd person sing.	kupeced	kupeceid
3rd person sing.	kupece	kupecei
1st person plural	kupecünk	kupeceink
2nd person plural	kupecetek	kupeceitek
3rd person plural	kupecük	kupeceik

Derived terms

• kupeckedik
• kupecség

Compound words

• kupecgőg
• lókupec
• marhakupec

Further reading

• kupec in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь. By surface analysis, kúpiť +‎ ec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkupet͡s]

Noun

kupec m pers (relational adjective kupecký, augmentative kupčisko)

1. merchant, trader

Declension

Declension of kupec
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	kupec	kupci
genitive	kupca	kupcov
dative	kupcovi	kupcom
accusative	kupca	kupcov
locative	kupcovi	kupcoch
instrumental	kupcom	kupcami

Further reading

• “kupec”, 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, 2003–2025