canc

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sant͡s]

Noun

canc m inan

1. (chiefly in the plural) 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

Further reading

• “canc”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

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

Related terms

• ġecanc
• cancettan
• *cenċan
• *ċincan
• ċincung

Descendants

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