pech

See also: Pech

English

Alternative forms

• paich
• pegh

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots pech, apparently of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛx/
• IPA^(key): /pɛk/

Verb

pech (third-person singular simple present peches, present participle peching, simple past and past participle peched)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) To pant, to struggle for breath.
   • 1913, John Buchan, Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall, page 136:

     An' as they breisted the lang lang hill / The puir horse graned and peched.

   • 1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe, Polygon 2006 (A Scots Quair), p. 321:

     Then Chris saw Bruce, the porter, come in, with the mark on his jaw where his godfather hit him, then Leslie, the smith, paiching and sweating, he dropped his stick with an awful clatter.

   • 1954, Robin Jenkins, The Thistle and the Grail, 1994, page 225:

     She peched and had to rest often.

   • 1955, Robin Jenkins, The Cone-Gatherers, Canongate 2012, p. 207:

     When Graham reached him, however, he felt so exhausted he could not immediately explain; he had to sit on the ground, peching like a seal.

   • 1994, James Kelman, How Late it Was, How Late:

     If he could just stop breathing and listen but he was peching too much from the climb.

Anagrams

• ceph, hep C

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Czech

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Pech

Noun

1. (colloquial) bad luck

Synonyms

• smůla

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Dutch

Etymology

From German Pech (“bad luck; pitch, tar”), from Old High German peh, from Latin pīx. Doublet of inherited Dutch pek (“pitch”). Also cognate with English pitch.

The sense “breakdown” is a Dutch innovation. It is probably modelled on the word ongeluk, which means both “bad look, misfortune” and “accident”. Since pech typically denotes a lesser kind of bad luck, it came to be used for a lesser kind of traffic accident too. German uses Panne instead; compare Dutch panne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛx/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: pech
• Rhymes: -ɛx

Noun

pech m (uncountable)

1. bad luck; bad karma
2. breakdown, e.g. of a car

Derived terms

• autopech
• pechvogel

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German Pech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛxː]
• Hyphenation: pech

Noun

pech (plural pechek)

1. bad luck, misfortune

   Synonym: balszerencse

   Antonyms: szerencse, mázli

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	pech	pechek
accusative	pechet	pecheket
dative	pechnek	pecheknek
instrumental	pechhel	pechekkel
causal-final	pechért	pechekért
translative	pechhé	pechekké
terminative	pechig	pechekig
essive-formal	pechként	pechekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	pechben	pechekben
superessive	pechen	pecheken
adessive	pechnél	pecheknél
illative	pechbe	pechekbe
sublative	pechre	pechekre
allative	pechhez	pechekhez
elative	pechből	pechekből
delative	pechről	pechekről
ablative	pechtől	pechektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	peché	pecheké
non-attributive possessive - plural	pechéi	pechekéi

Possessive forms of pech
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	pechem	pecheim
2nd person sing.	peched	pecheid
3rd person sing.	peche	pechei
1st person plural	pechünk	pecheink
2nd person plural	pechetek	pecheitek
3rd person plural	pechük	pecheik

Derived terms

• peches

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Polish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Pech.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛx/

• Audio:

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Noun

1. misfortune (“bad luck”)

Declension

Declension of pech

	singular	plural
nominative	pech	pechy
genitive	pecha	pechów
dative	pechowi	pechom
accusative	pecha	pechy
instrumental	pechem	pechami
locative	pechu	pechach
vocative	pechu	pechy

Usage notes

• Rarely used in the plural.

Synonyms

• niefart

Antonyms

• fart
• szczęście

Related terms

• pechowiec
• zapeszyć
• zapeszać
• pechowy
• pechowo

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Scots

Etymology

Imitative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛç/

Verb

pech (third-person singular simple present pechs, present participle pechin, simple past pecht, past participle pecht)

1. to pant, gasp for breath