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