kukac

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian kúkac (“insect”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkukɒt͡s] Hyphenation: ku‧kac Rhymes: -ɒt͡s === Noun === kukac (plural kukacok) maggot (soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect) Coordinate terms: (worm) féreg, (caterpillar) hernyó, (earthworm) giliszta, nyű (their senses may overlap, especially in informal speech) (Internet) at sign, at (the symbol @, most commonly used in email addresses) Synonym: kukacjel (childish, slang) willy, wee-wee (penis, especially that of a prepubescent boy) Synonyms: kuki, fütyi ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === kukac in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === The word entered the standard language from the Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian dialect, morphologically from kȕka (“hook”) + diminutive suffix -ac. First attested in the 18th century. === Noun === kukac m anim (Cyrillic spelling кукац) (Croatia) insect bug beetle ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “kukac”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026