meč

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mec"

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech meč, from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛt͡ʃ]
  • Hyphenation: meč
  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃ

Noun

meč m inan (relational adjective mečový, diminutive mečík)

  1. sword

Declension

Declension of meč (soft masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative meč meče
genitive meče mečů
dative meči mečům
accusative meč meče
vocative meči meče
locative meči mečích
instrumental mečem meči

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmɛt͡ʃ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

meč m inan

  1. sword

Declension

Declension of meč (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative meč mečě meči, mečové
genitive mečě mečú mečóv
dative meču mečoma mečóm
accusative meč mečě mečě
vocative meču mečě meči, mečové
locative meči, meču mečú mečích
instrumental mečem mečoma meči
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants

  • Czech: meč

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Alternative forms

Noun

meč m inan (Cyrillic spelling меч)

  1. (Chakavian) sword
    • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
      sprid i zad jahahu vitezi železni,
      kopja jim se sjahu i meči bodežni.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:
      Svak u vojski muči gledav sablju ter meč,
      Pod njom zemlja buci deset milj udaleč.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1684, Pavao Vitezović, Odiljenje sigetsko:
      I njoj meč smrt zada kod drugih vojnika,
      što je mužu sada ta vladika? Dika.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English match.

Noun

mȅč m inan (Cyrillic spelling ме̏ч)

  1. match (sporting event)
Declension
Declension of meč
singular plural
nominative meč mečevi
genitive meča mečeva
dative meču mečevima
accusative meč mečeve
vocative meču mečevi
locative meču mečevima
instrumental mečom mečevima

Further reading

  • “meč”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [met͡ʃ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

meč m inan (relational adjective mečový, diminutive mečík)

  1. sword

Declension

Declension of meč
(pattern stroj)
singularplural
nominativemečmeče
genitivemečamečov
dativemečumečom
accusativemečmeče
locativemečimečoch
instrumentalmečommečmi

Further reading

  • “meč”, 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

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɛ́t͡ʃ/

Noun

mȅč m inan

  1. sword

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. mèč
gen. sing. mêča
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		mèč mêča mêči
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		mêča mêčev mêčev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		mêču mêčema mêčem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		mèč mêča mêče
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		mêču mêčih mêčih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		mêčem mêčema mêči

See also

Further reading

  • “meč”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025
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