каца

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkat͡sɐ]

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Etymology 1

From кад (kad, “container”) (dialectal) +‎ -ца (-ca), from Proto-Slavic *kadьca.

Noun

ка́ца • (káca) f (diminutive каче́)

1. cask, (wooden) barrel, vat, tun

   Synonyms: бъ́чва (bǎ́čva), (dialectal) бъдне́ (bǎdné), варе́л (varél)

Declension

Declension of ка́ца

	singular	plural
indefinite	ка́ца káca	ка́ци káci
definite	ка́цата kácata	ка́ците kácite

Derived terms

• каца́р m (kacár), каца́рка f (kacárka, “cask-maker”)

Related terms

• кад (kad, “large container, cask”) (dialectal)

References

• “каца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “каца”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “каца¹”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 285

Etymology 2

Verb

ка́ца • (káca)

1. third-person singular present indicative of ка́цам (kácam)

Anagrams

• цака (caka)

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kadьca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkat͡sa]
• Rhymes: -it͡sa

Noun

каца • (kaca) f

1. vat

Declension

Declension of каца

	singular	plural
indefinite	каца	каци
definite unspecified	кацата	каците
definite proximal	кацава	кациве
definite distal	кацана	кацине
vocative	кацо	каци