kanec

Czech

Etymology

The origin of this word, which only exists in Czech and Slovak, is unknown. It may be derived from Hungarian kan. Other theories say it comes from the East Slavic word кабан (kaban) and would therefore be of Turkish and Tatar origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkanɛt͡s]
• Rhymes: -nɛt͡s, -anɛt͡s
• Hyphenation: ka‧nec

Noun

kanec m anim (relational adjective kančí, diminutive kaneček or kančík)

1. boar (male domesticated pig or male wild boar)
2. (colloquial) stallion (virile man)

Declension

Declension of kanec (soft masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kanec	kanci
genitive	kance	kanců
dative	kancovi, kanci	kancům
accusative	kance	kance
vocative	kanče	kanci
locative	kancovi, kanci	kancích
instrumental	kancem	kanci

Related terms

(nouns):

• kaňour

Noun

kanec m inan (diminutive kaneček)

1. (expressive) inkstain

   Synonym: kaňka

Declension

Declension of kanec (soft masculine inanimate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	kanec	kance
genitive	kance	kanců
dative	kanci	kancům
accusative	kanec	kance
vocative	kanci	kance
locative	kanci	kancích
instrumental	kancem	kanci

Further reading

• “kanec”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kanec”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kanec”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaɲet͡s]

Noun

kanec m animal (relational adjective kančí, diminutive kanček, augmentative kančisko)

1. boar (male domesticated pig or male wild boar)

Declension

Declension of kanec (patterns chlap (singular) and stroj (plural))

	singular	plural
nominative	kanec	kance
genitive	kanca	kancov
dative	kancovi	kancom
accusative	kanca	kance
locative	kancovi	kancoch
instrumental	kancom	kancami

Further reading

• “kanec”, 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, 2003–2025