kačka

See also: kacka, käcka, and Kačka

Czech

Etymology

Of imitative origin, similar to the Slovak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkat͡ʃka]
• Rhymes: -atʃka

Noun

kačka f

1. (colloquial) duck (bird)

   Synonym: kachna

2. (colloquial) crown, koruna (Czech currency)

   Synonyms: koruna, kachle, káble

3. harlequin duck

Declension

Declension of kačka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kačka	kačky
genitive	kačky	kaček
dative	kačce	kačkám
accusative	kačku	kačky
vocative	kačko	kačky
locative	kačce	kačkách
instrumental	kačkou	kačkami

Derived terms

• pětikačka

 

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)

Slovak

Etymology

Probably of imitative origin. Compare Czech kačka, and Polish kaczka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkat͡ʃka]

Noun

kačka f (genitive singular kačky, nominative plural kačky, genitive plural kačiek, declension pattern of žena)

1. duck (bird)

   Synonym: kačica

Declension

Declension of kačka

	singular	plural
nominative	kačka	kačky
genitive	kačky	kačiek
dative	kačke	kačkám
accusative	kačku	kačky
locative	kačke	kačkách
instrumental	kačkou	kačkami

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, 2024