ček
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃêk/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English check. First attested in the 20th century.[1]
Noun
čȅk m inan (Cyrillic spelling че̏к)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | čȅk | čèkovi |
| genitive | čèka | čekova |
| dative | čeku | čekovima |
| accusative | ček | čekove |
| vocative | čeku | čekovi |
| locative | čeku | čekovima |
| instrumental | čekom | čekovima |
Etymology 2
Shortening of imperative forms of čekati.
Interjection
čȅk (Cyrillic spelling че̏к)
- (imperative) wait, wait up
- Ček malo − pa to nije točno!
- Wait a second − that's not correct!
- (literally, “Wait a little − well that's not correct!”)
References
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2016) “ček”, in Dunja Brozović Rončević, Dubravka Ivšić Majić, Tijmen Pronk, editors, Etimološki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika [Etymological dictionary of the Croatian language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes I: A—Nj, Zagreb: Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje, page 94
Further reading
- “ček”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
- “ček”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025
Slovene
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃéːk/
Noun
čẹ̑k m inan
- cheque (a note promising to pay money to a named person or entity)
Declension
| Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | čék | ||
| gen. sing. | čéka | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
čék | čéka | čéki |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
čéka | čékov | čékov |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
čéku | čékoma | čékom |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
čék | čéka | čéke |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
čéku | čékih | čékih |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
čékom | čékoma | čéki |