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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish kapeć.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ка́пець (kápecʹm inan (genitive ка́пця, nominative plural ка́пці, genitive plural ка́пців)

  1. slipper
Declension
Declension of ка́пець
(inan soft masc-form accent-a reduc)
singular plural
nominative ка́пець
kápecʹ
ка́пці
kápci
genitive ка́пця
kápcja
ка́пців
kápciv
dative ка́пцеві, ка́пцю
kápcevi, kápcju
ка́пцям
kápcjam
accusative ка́пець
kápecʹ
ка́пці
kápci
instrumental ка́пцем
kápcem
ка́пцями
kápcjamy
locative ка́пцю, ка́пці
kápcju, kápci
ка́пцях
kápcjax
vocative ка́пцю
kápcju
ка́пці
kápci

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Russian копе́ц (kopéc) / капе́ц (kapéc).

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Noun

капе́ць (kapécʹm inan (indeclinable)

  1. (slang) the end, game over (bad, crazy or unmanageable situation)
    Якщо́ це ста́неться, нам бу́де по́вний капе́ць!
    Jakščó ce stánetʹsja, nam búde póvnyj kapécʹ!
    If that happens, we'll be completely screwed / done for!

Predicative

капе́ць (kapécʹ)

  1. (slang) (it is) crazy, too much, wild (of a situation: exceeding norms or defying belief)
    Це про́сто капе́ць!Ce prósto kapécʹ!It's just crazy!

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “капець”, in Етимологічний словник української мови (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 371

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