meč

See also: mec, MEC, мөс, and měć

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech meč, from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛt͡ʃ]
  • Hyphenation: meč
  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃ

Noun

meč m inan

  1. sword

Declension
Declension of meč (soft masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative meč meče
genitive meče mečů
dative meči mečům
accusative meč meče
vocative meči meče
locative meči mečích
instrumental mečem meči

Derived terms

Further reading
  • meč in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • meč in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Noun

meč m

  1. sword

Declension
Declension (pattern meč)
singular dual plural
nominative meč mečě (meče) meči, mečové (mečěvé, mečevé), mečě (meče)
genitive mečě (meče) mečú (mečí, mečou) mečóv (mečiev, mečó, mečů), meč, mečí
dative meču (meči), mečovi (mečěvi, mečevi) mečoma (mečěma, mečema), mečma mečóm (mečiem, mečóm, mečům)
accusative meč, mečě mečě (meče) mečě (meče)
vocative meču (meči) mečě (meče) meči, mečové, mečě (meče)
locative meči, meču mečú (mečou, mečí) mečích, mečiech, mečech
instrumental mečem mečoma (mečěma, mečema), mečma meči, mečmi, mečěmi (mečemi)

Descendants
  • Czech: meč

Further reading

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Alternative forms

Noun

meč m (Cyrillic spelling меч)

  1. (Chakavian) sword
    • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:
      sprid i zad jahahu vitezi železni,
      kopja jim se sjahu i meči bodežni.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:
      Svak u vojski muči gledav sablju ter meč,
      Pod njom zemlja buci deset milj udaleč.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 1684, Pavao Vitezović, Odiljenje sigetsko:
      I njoj meč smrt zada kod drugih vojnika,
      što je mužu sada ta vladika? Dika.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Etymology 2

From English match.

Noun

mȅč m (Cyrillic spelling ме̏ч)

  1. match (sporting event)
Declension
Declension of meč
singular plural
nominative meč mečevi
genitive meča mečeva
dative meču mečevima
accusative meč mečeve
vocative meču mečevi
locative meču mečevima
instrumental mečom mečevima

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛt͡ʃ/

Noun

meč m inan (genitive singular meča, nominative plural meče, genitive plural mečov, declension pattern of stroj)

  1. sword

Declension
Declension of meč
singular plural
nominative meč meče
genitive meča mečov
dative meču mečom
accusative meč meče
locative meči mečoch
instrumental mečom mečmi

Derived terms

References
  • meč in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mečь. Further etymology unclear.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɛ́t͡ʃ/

Noun

mȅč m inan

  1. sword

Inflection
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. mèč
gen. sing. mêča
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 mèč mêča mêči
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 mêča mêčev mêčev
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 mêču mêčema mêčem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 mèč mêča mêče
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 mêču mêčih mêčih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 mêčem mêčema mêči

See also

Further reading
  • “meč”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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