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Czech
Etymology
From houby, which is an alliterative euphemism of the vulgarism hovno (“nothing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
houbelec m anim
- (colloquial, euphemistic) nothing
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Adverb
houbelec (not comparable)
- (colloquial, euphemistic) little
- Ty tomu houbelec rozumíš. ― You don't understand it very much.
See also
Further reading
- “houbelec”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
- Houby jako zápor in Naše řeč, volume 32 (1948), issue 8-10