kachna - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (original) (raw)

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• 1 Czech
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Pronunciation
  • 1.3 Noun
    * 1.3.1 Declension
    * 1.3.2 Derived terms
  • 1.4 Further reading

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kachna (sense 1, 2)

Probably of imitative origin, similar to Polish kaczka.

• IPA(key): [ˈkaxna]
• Rhymes: -axna
• Hyphenation: kach‧na

kachna f (relational adjective kachní, diminutive kachnička or kachýnka)

1. duck (bird)
2. female duck
3. an untrue, made-up message (similar to hoax, excuse)
   Kdykoliv se do mé mluvy nějaká ta kachna připletla, mamka na mě zvedla obočí. ― Whenever some kind of excuse made its way into my speech, my mom raised an eyebrow at me.
4. (expressive, vulgar) an incompetent, dull woman

• kachně

• kachnička

• kachní

• kachňák

• kačena

• kačer

• kačice

• kačka

• káča

• káčátko

• káče

• “kachna”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

• “kachna”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• “kachna”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

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