parchant

Czech

Etymology

A change from the original panchart, which comes from the derisive Middle High German banchart, bankhart meaning left-sided, literally something like "a child born on a bench". Compare e.g. bastard, Gerhard, Reinhard, also e.g. the German Bank and the French suffix -ard.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈparxant]
  • Hyphenation: par‧chant

Noun

parchant m anim

  1. bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
    Synonym: levoboček
  2. bastard (objectionable person)
    Synonym: darebák

Declension
Declension of parchant
singular plural
nominative parchant parchantové, parchanti
genitive parchanta parchantů
dative parchantovi, parchantu parchantům
accusative parchanta parchanty
vocative parchante parchantové, parchanti
locative parchantovi, parchantu parchantech
instrumental parchantem parchanty

Further reading
  • parchant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • parchant in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • parchant in Internetová jazyková příručka
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