keťas
Slovak
Etymology
Through Czech, ultimately derived from German Kettenhändler (“reseller”). First attested in the 20th century.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkecas]
Noun
keťas m pers
- (colloquial, derogatory) black marketeer, profiteer
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | keťas | keti |
| genitive | keťa | keťov |
| dative | keťovi | keťom |
| accusative | keťa | keťov |
| locative | keťovi | keťoch |
| instrumental | keťom | keťmi |
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “keťas”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 264
Further reading
- “keťas”, 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