kupec
Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь. By surface analysis, koupit + -ec.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkupɛt͡s]
Audio: (file)
Noun
kupec m anim
Declension
Further reading
- “kupec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kupec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kupec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Slovak kupec (“merchant, trader”),[1] from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь (compare Czech kupec (“merchant, trader”), Serbo-Croatian kúpac (“buyer”), Russian купе́ц (kupéc, “merchant; buyer”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkupɛt͡s]
- Hyphenation: ku‧pec
- Rhymes: -ɛt͡s
Noun
kupec (plural kupecek)
- a merchant of domestic animals (particularly horses, cattle, or pigs)
- Synonym: jószágkereskedő
- (generally) merchant, trader
- Synonym: kereskedő
- (dialectal, derogatory) money-grubber, mercenary
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kupec | kupecek |
| accusative | kupecet | kupeceket |
| dative | kupecnek | kupeceknek |
| instrumental | kupeccel | kupecekkel |
| causal-final | kupecért | kupecekért |
| translative | kupeccé | kupecekké |
| terminative | kupecig | kupecekig |
| essive-formal | kupecként | kupecekként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kupecben | kupecekben |
| superessive | kupecen | kupeceken |
| adessive | kupecnél | kupeceknél |
| illative | kupecbe | kupecekbe |
| sublative | kupecre | kupecekre |
| allative | kupechez | kupecekhez |
| elative | kupecből | kupecekből |
| delative | kupecről | kupecekről |
| ablative | kupectől | kupecektől |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
kupecé | kupeceké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
kupecéi | kupecekéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | kupecem | kupeceim |
| 2nd person sing. | kupeced | kupeceid |
| 3rd person sing. | kupece | kupecei |
| 1st person plural | kupecünk | kupeceink |
| 2nd person plural | kupecetek | kupeceitek |
| 3rd person plural | kupecük | kupeceik |
Derived terms
- kupeckedik
- kupecség
Compound words
- kupecgőg
- lókupec
- marhakupec
References
- ^ kupec in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.
Further reading
- kupec in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь. By surface analysis, kúpiť + ec.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkupet͡s]
Noun
kupec m pers (relational adjective kupecký, augmentative kupčisko)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kupec | kupci |
| genitive | kupca | kupcov |
| dative | kupcovi | kupcom |
| accusative | kupca | kupcov |
| locative | kupcovi | kupcoch |
| instrumental | kupcom | kupcami |
Further reading
- “kupec”, 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