kacka

See also: kačka, Kačka, and käcka

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Cognate with Upper Sorbian kačka, Czech kačka, Polish kaczka; originally a diminutive in -ka of the local equivalents of the name Catherine (compare Czech Kačka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkat͡ska/

Noun

kacka f animal (diminutive kacycka)

1. duck (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)

Declension

Declension of kacka

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kacka	kacce	kacki
Genitive	kacki	kackowu	kackow
Dative	kacce	kackoma	kackam
Accusative	kacku	kacce	kacki
Instrumental	kacku	kackoma	kackami
Locative	kacce	kackoma	kackach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kacka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kacka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Swedish

Verb

kacka (present kackar, preterite kackade, supine kackat, imperative kacka)

1. (colloquial) to poop, to crap

   Synonyms: skita, bajsa

Conjugation

Conjugation of kacka (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kacka		kackas
Supine	kackat		kackats
Imperative	kacka		—
Imper. plural1	kacken		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kackar	kackade	kackas	kackades
Ind. plural1	kacka	kackade	kackas	kackades
Subjunctive2	kacke	kackade	kackes	kackades
	Participles
Present participle	kackande
Past participle	kackad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• kacka i eget bo (“foul one's own nest”)

References

• kacka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kacka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kacka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)