kačka

See also: kacka, käcka, and Kačka

Czech

Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to the Slovak.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkat͡ʃka]
  • Rhymes: -atʃka

Noun

kačka f

  1. (colloquial) duck (bird)
    Synonym: kachna
  2. (colloquial) crown, koruna (Czech currency)
    Synonyms: koruna, kachle, káble
  3. 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, 1935–1957
  • kačka in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kačka in Internetová jazyková příručka

Slovak

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin. Compare Czech kačka, and Polish kaczka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkat͡ʃka]

Noun

kačka f (genitive singular kačky, nominative plural kačky, genitive plural kačiek, declension pattern of žena)

  1. duck (bird)
    Synonym: kačica

Declension
Declension of kačka
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, 2024
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