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Czech
Etymology
Of imitative origin, similar to the Slovak.
Pronunciation
Noun
kačka f
- (colloquial) duck (bird)
- Synonym: kachna
- (colloquial) crown, koruna (Czech currency)
- Synonyms: koruna, kachle, káble
- harlequin duck
Declension
Declension of kačka (hard feminine reducible)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kačka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “kačka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “kačka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
- Hugo, Jan et al., editors (2020), Slovník nespisovné češtiny:argot, slangy a obecná mluva od nejstarších dob po současnost. Historie a původ slov (in Czech), 4th edition, Prague: Maxdorf, →ISBN, page 191
Slovak
Etymology
Probably of imitative origin. Compare Czech kačka, and Polish kaczka.
Pronunciation
Noun
kačka f
- duck (bird)
- Synonym: kačica
Declension
Declension of
kačka (pattern
žena)
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, 2003–2024