Czech

Noun

meč m

1. sword

Declension

Derived terms

• mečík
• mečíř
• mečoun

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *mьčь, *mečь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Alternative forms

• (standard): mȁč

Noun

meč m

1. (Chakavian) sword
   • 1501, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     sprid i zad jahahu vitezi železni,

     kopja jim se sjahu i meči bodežni.

   • 1584, Brne Karnarutić, Vazetje Sigeta grada:

     Svak u vojski muči gledav sablju ter meč,

     Pod njom zemlja buci deset milj udaleč.

   • 1684, Pavao Vitezović, Odiljenje sigetsko:

     I njoj meč smrt zada kod drugih vojnika,

     što je mužu sada ta vladika? Dika.

Etymology 2

From English match.

Noun

mȅč m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ме̏ч)

1. match (sporting event)

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mьčь, *mečь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Noun

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

1. sword

Declension

Derived terms

• mečový
• mečík m

References

• meč in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *mečь, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *mēkijaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ́tʃ/
• Tonal orthography: mȅč

Noun

mèč m inan ‎(genitive mêča, nominative plural mêči)

1. sword

Declension

See also

• sáblja