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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
* Refers to a single foolish statement, idea etc. Used in the [[plural]] {{m|cs|cancy}} to mean a speach consisting of more such instances:
* Refers to a single foolish statement, idea etc. Used in the [[plural]] {{m|cs|cancy}} to mean a speech consisting of more such instances:
*: {{ux|cs|Nevykládej nám takové '''cancy'''!|inline=1|Don't tell us such drivel!}}
*: {{ux|cs|Nevykládej nám takové '''cancy'''!|inline=1|Don't tell us such drivel!}}


====Declension====
====Declension====
{{rfinfl|cs|noun}}
{{cs-ndecl|m.hard}}


==Old English==
==Old English==


===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{root|ang|ine-pro|*geng-}}
From {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kanką||laughter}}, from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*gang-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*ganǵ-||to mock, insult}}.
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kank}}, from {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*kanką|t=laughter}}, from {{der|ang|ine-pro|*geng-}}, {{m|ine-pro|*genǵ-||to mock, insult}}.


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
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* {{l|ang|ġecanc}}
* {{l|ang|ġecanc}}
* {{l|ang|cancettan}}
* {{l|ang|cancettan}}
* {{l|ang|cincung}}
* {{l|ang|*cenċan}}
* {{l|ang|*ċincan}}
* {{l|ang|ċincing|ċincung}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|enm|*cank|cang}}
** {{desc|en|cank|qq=dialectal}}
** {{desc|sco|kang|der=1|unc=1}}


{{topics|ang|Emotions}}
{{topics|ang|Emotions}}

Latest revision as of 15:09, 20 March 2024

Czech

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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canc m inan

  1. drivel, claptrap, balderdash

Usage notes

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  • 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

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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

Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *kank, from Proto-Germanic *kanką (“laughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *genǵ- (“to mock, insult”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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canc n

  1. jeering; scorn; derision
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Descendants

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