puč

See also: Appendix:Variations of "puc"

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈput͡ʃ]
  • Homophone: půjč
  • Hyphenation: puč

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Putsch. First attested in the 20th century.

Noun

puč m inan

  1. coup, coup d’état, putsch
Declension
Declension of puč (soft masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative puč puče
genitive puče pučů
dative puči pučům
accusative puč puče
vocative puči puče
locative puči pučích
instrumental pučem puči
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

puč

  1. second-person singular imperative of pučet

Further reading

Kamkata-viri

Kamviri cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : puč
Kativiri cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : puč

Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuristani *panča, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pánča, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Numeral

puč (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)[1][2]

  1. five

References

  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “p′uč”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[1]
  2. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.

Etymology 2

Most likely borrowed from a Middle Indo-Aryan form *paccha, from Sanskrit पक्ष्मन् (pákṣman, “eyelash, filament”)[1]

Noun

puč m (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)[2][3]

  1. cotton cloth

References

  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
  2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “p′uč”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[2]
  3. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Putsch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pût͡ʃ/

Noun

pȕč m inan (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ч)

  1. coup, coup d’état, putsch
Declension
Declension of puč
singular plural
nominative pȕč pùčevi
genitive puča pučeva
dative puču pučevima
accusative puč pučeve
vocative puču pučevi
locative puču pučevima
instrumental pučem pučevima

Further reading

  • “puč”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dalmatian, from Latin puteus (“well; cistern”).

(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Another alternative being from Albanian pus, meaning well; cistern, in turn possibly being an Illyrian word.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pût͡ʃ/

Noun

pȕč m inan (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ч)

  1. (regional) well
  2. (regional) cistern
Declension
Declension of puč
singular plural
nominative puč pučevi
genitive puča pučeva
dative puču pučevima
accusative puč pučeve
vocative puču pučevi
locative puču pučevima
instrumental pučem pučevima

Further reading

  • “puč”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Etymology 3

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

Noun

pȕč f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ч)

  1. (botany) stoma (a tiny opening between two smaller cells with chloroplasts)

Further reading

  • “puč”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
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