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Czech
Etymology
From chamtivý (“greedy”) + -ec.
Pronunciation
Noun
chamtivec m anim
- (derogatory) greedy person, miser, scrooge
- Synonyms: lakomec, hamižník, držgrešle, žgrt
Declension
Declension of chamtivec (soft masculine animate reducible)
Further reading
- “chamtivec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “chamtivec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “chamtivec” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz
- “chamtivec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)