kupec

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See also: Kupeć

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь. Equivalent to koupit +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

Noun

kupec m anim

  1. merchant, trader
    Synonym: obchodník

Declension

Declension of kupec (soft masculine animate reducible)
singular plural
nominative kupec kupci
genitive kupce kupců
dative kupcovi, kupci kupcům
accusative kupce kupce
vocative kupče kupci
locative kupcovi, kupci kupcích
instrumental kupcem kupci

Further reading

  • kupec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • kupec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • kupec in Internetová jazyková příručka

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Slovak kupec (“merchant, trader”), from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь (compare Czech kupec (“merchant, trader”), Serbo-Croatian kúpac (“buyer”), Russian купе́ц (kupéc, “merchant; buyer”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

kupec (plural kupecek)

  1. a merchant of domestic animals (particularly horses, cattle, or pigs)
    Synonym: jószágkereskedő
  2. (generally) merchant, trader
    Synonym: kereskedő
  3. (dialectal, derogatory) money-grubber, mercenary

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative kupec kupecek
accusative kupecet kupeceket
dative kupecnek kupeceknek
instrumental kupeccel kupecekkel
causal-final kupecért kupecekért
translative kupeccé kupecekké
terminative kupecig kupecekig
essive-formal kupecként kupecekként
essive-modal — —
inessive kupecben kupecekben
superessive kupecen kupeceken
adessive kupecnél kupeceknél
illative kupecbe kupecekbe
sublative kupecre kupecekre
allative kupechez kupecekhez
elative kupecből kupecekből
delative kupecről kupecekről
ablative kupectől kupecektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		kupecé kupeceké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		kupecéi kupecekéi
Possessive forms of kupec
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kupecem kupeceim
2nd person sing. kupeced kupeceid
3rd person sing. kupece kupecei
1st person plural kupecünk kupeceink
2nd person plural kupecetek kupeceitek
3rd person plural kupecük kupeceik

Derived terms

Compound words

References

  1. ^ kupec in Gerstner, Károly (ed.). Új magyar etimológiai szótár. (’New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian’). Beta version. Budapest, MTA Nyelvtudományi Intézet / Magyar Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont, 2011–2022. (Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungary). Language abbreviations

Further reading

  • kupec in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kupьcь. Equivalent to kúpiť +‎ -ec.

Pronunciation

Noun

kupec m anim (genitive singular kupca, nominative plural kupci, genitive plural kupcov, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. merchant, trader

Declension

Declension of kupec
singular plural
nominative kupec kupci
genitive kupca kupcov
dative kupcovi kupcom
accusative kupca kupcov
locative kupcovi kupcoch
instrumental kupcom kupcami

Further reading

  • “kupec”, 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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