smeč

See also: smęć

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English smash.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsmɛt͡ʃ]
• Rhymes: -ɛtʃ

Noun

smeč m inan or f (relational adjective smečový)

1. (tennis) smash
2. (volleyball) spike

Usage notes

• Feminine is more common.

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	smeč	smeče
genitive	smeče	smečí
dative	smeči	smečím
accusative	smeč	smeče
vocative	smeči	smeče
locative	smeči	smečích
instrumental	smečí	smečemi

Declension of smeč (soft zero-ending feminine)

Derived terms

• smečař
• smečovat

References

1. Jiří Rejzek (2007) “smeč”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

• “smeč”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “smeč”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “smeč”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English smash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smêt͡ʃ/

Noun

smȅč m (Cyrillic spelling сме̏ч)

1. (tennis) smash (in tennis)

Further reading

• “smeč”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

smeč

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Borrowed from English smash.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [smet͡ʃ]

Noun

smeč m inan (relational adjective smečový)

1. (tennis) smash (in tennis)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	smeč	smeče
genitive	smeča, smeču	smečov
dative	smeču	smečom
accusative	smeč	smeče
locative	smeči	smečoch
instrumental	smečom	smečmi

Declension of smeč (pattern stroj)

Further reading

• “smeč”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025