canc

Czech

Etymology

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Noun

canc m inan

  1. drivel, claptrap, balderdash

Usage notes
  • Refers to a single foolish statement, idea etc. Used in the plural cancy to mean a speech consisting of more such instances:
    Nevykládej nám takové cancy! ― Don't tell us such drivel!

Declension
Declension of canc (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative canc cancy
genitive cancu canců
dative cancu cancům
accusative canc cancy
vocative cance cancy
locative cancu cancech
instrumental cancem cancy

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɑnk/, [kɑŋk]

Noun

canc n

  1. jeering; scorn; derision

Descendants
  • Middle English: *cank, cang
    • English: cank (dialectal)
    • ⇒? Scots: kang
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