Contionary:cáky

Gothevian

Alternative forms

bycáky (bycáky) — nonstandard

Etymology

Shortened from earlier bycáky (bycáky), borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بیچاق (bıçak). Compare Romanian briceag and Serbo-Croatian бичак (bičak). Supplanted native blas (blas) in its culinary senses, such that while cáky refers specifically to a culinary cutting knife, blas can be used to refer to cleavers or machetes.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈt͡ʃa.kɨ/

Noun

cáky (cáky) f (plural cakš, definite cákun, relational adjective cácɛin)

1. knife (culinary utensil)

   Synonym: blas (blas)

   Coordinate terms: fɛílky (fɛílky, “fork”), kácky (kácky, “spoon”)

Declension

Declension of cáky

Feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cáky /ˈt͡ʃa.kɨ/	cákun /ˈt͡ʃa.kun/	cakš /t͡ʃakʃ/	cákaš /ˈt͡ʃa.kaʃ/
genitive-dative	cákuš /ˈt͡ʃa.kuʃ/		cáko /ˈt͡ʃa.kwo/	cáken /ˈt͡ʃa.kjen/