kačka
Czech
Etymology
Of imitative origin, similar to the Slovak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkat͡ʃka]
- Rhymes: -atʃka
Noun
kačka f
- (colloquial) duck (bird)
- Synonym: kachna
- (colloquial) crown, koruna (Czech currency)
- harlequin duck
Declension
Declension of kačka (hard feminine reducible)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kačka | kačky |
| genitive | kačky | kaček |
| dative | kačce | kačkám |
| accusative | kačku | kačky |
| vocative | kačko | kačky |
| locative | kačce | kačkách |
| instrumental | kačkou | kačkami |
Derived terms
- pětikačka
Further reading
- “kačka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kačka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kačka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
- Hugo, Jan et al., editors (2020), Slovník nespisovné češtiny:argot, slangy a obecná mluva od nejstarších dob po současnost. Historie a původ slov [Dictionary of non-standard Czech: argot, slang and common language from ancient times to the present. History and origin of words] (in Czech), 4th edition, Prague: Maxdorf, →ISBN
Slovak
Etymology
Probably of imitative origin. Compare Czech kačka, and Polish kaczka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkat͡ʃka]
Noun
kačka f
- duck (bird)
- Synonym: kačica
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kačka | kačky |
| genitive | kačky | kačiek |
| dative | kačke | kačkám |
| accusative | kačku | kačky |
| locative | kačke | kačkách |
| instrumental | kačkou | kačkami |
Further reading
- “kačka”, 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