keťas

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Through Czech, ultimately derived from German Kettenhändler (“reseller”). First attested in the 20th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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keťas m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) black marketeer, profiteer
    Synonyms: podvodník, úžerník, šmelinár

Declension

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Declension of keťas (pattern chlap)
singularplural
nominativekeťasketi
genitivekeťakeťov
dativekeťovikeťom
accusativekeťakeťov
locativekeťovikeťoch
instrumentalkeťomkeťmi

References

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  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “keťas”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 264

Further reading

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  • “keťas”, 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, 2003–2024
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