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kachna

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kachna (sense 1, 2)

Etymology

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Probably of imitative origin, similar to Polish kaczka.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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kachna f (related adjective kachní)

  1. duck (bird)
  2. female duck
  3. an untrue, made-up message (similar to hoax, excuse)
    Kdykoliv se do mluvy nějaká ta kachna připletla, mamka na 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

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • 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)