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meč

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Czech meč, from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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meč m inan (relational adjective mečový, diminutive mečík)

  1. sword

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Old Czech

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmɛt͡ʃ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

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meč m inan

  1. sword

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Czech: meč

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Alternative forms

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Noun

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meč m (Cyrillic spelling меч)

  1. (Chakavian) sword

Etymology 2

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From English match.

Noun

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mȅč m (Cyrillic spelling ме̏ч)

  1. match (sporting event)
Declension
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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

Further reading

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  • meč”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

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Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [met͡ʃ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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meč m inan (relational adjective mečový, diminutive mečík)

  1. sword

Declension

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Declension of meč
(pattern stroj)
singularplural
nominativemečmeče
genitivemečamečov
dativemečumečom
accusativemečmeče
locativemečimečoch
instrumentalmečommečmi

Further reading

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  • 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, 2003–2025

Slovene

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Etymology

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From Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mȅč m inan

  1. sword

Declension

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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

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Further reading

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  • meč”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025