kec

kec

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Keiga.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Keiga terms

• keç, kedh

Either from Ottoman Turkish كچی (keçi, “goat”), or diminutive with hypocoristic suffix -ç ~ -c of regular kedh (see there for further etymology).

kec m (plural kecër or keca, definite keci, definite plural kecërit or kecat)

1. goat kid less than a year old

• edh
• cjapok
• sjapth

• keçe
• kece

Deverbal from kecat.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛt͡s]

kec m inan

1. piffle, rubbish, nonsense

   Nevěř těm zprávám, jsou to kecy. ― Don't believe the news, it's rubbish.

• “kec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Borrowed from Hungarian kétszem (“deuce, ace in German playing cards”), the ace in French playing cards being egyszem.

• IPA^(key): /kêːt͡s/

kȇc m inan (Cyrillic spelling ке̑ц)

1. (regional, chiefly Serbia and Bosnia) ace
2. (Serbia and Bosnia, colloquial) An F in school