# кача
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

From South Slavic *kačiti, cognate with Macedonian качи (kači), Serbo-Croatian качити. Probably related to Bulgarian ка́цам (kácam, “to perch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɐˈt͡ʃɤ̟]
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

кача́ • (kačá) first-singular present indicative, pf (imperfective ка́чвам)
* (transitive) to hang, put (something up somewhere) in a higher location
* (transitive) to take up (someone/something), to mount onto a vehicle
    кача някого на лодката ― kača njakogo na lodkata ― to take up someone on the boat
* (figurative) to raise (temperature, prices), to rise up, to revolt
* (figurative) to gain (weight)
* (figurative, colloquial) to promote (someone)
* (computing) to upload
* (reflexive with се) to go up (to a higher location), to climb
* (reflexive with се) to get (into/onto a vehicle or horse)
* (reflexive with се) to rise (of temperature, prices)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Largely fallen into disuse.
$^1$Largely fallen into disuse.

#### Derived terms

* ка́чвам (káčvam) (semelfactive)
* вка́ча се pf (vkáča se), вка́чвам се impf (vkáčvam se) (dialectal)
* възка́ча се pf (vǎzkáča se), възка́чвам се impf (vǎzkáčvam se, “to mount”)
* дока́ча pf (dokáča), дока́чвам impf (dokáčvam)
* зака́ча pf (zakáča), зака́чам impf (zakáčam)
* изка́ча pf (izkáča), изка́чвам impf (izkáčvam)
* нака́ча pf (nakáča), нака́чвам impf (nakáčvam)
* ока́ча pf (okáča), ока́чвам impf (okáčvam)
* отка́ча pf (otkáča), отка́чам impf (otkáčam)
* пока́ча pf (pokáča), пока́чвам impf (pokáčvam)
* прека́ча pf (prekáča), прека́чвам impf (prekáčvam)
* прика́ча pf (prikáča), прика́чвам impf (prikáčvam)
* разка́ча pf (razkáča), разка́чвам impf (razkáčvam)
* ска́ча pf (skáča), ска́чвам impf (skáčvam, “to gear up”)
* ка́чевица (káčevica, “ladder”) (dialectal)

#### See also

* кате́ря (katérja, “to climb”)
* ска́чам (skáčam, “to jump, to leap”)

### References

* “кача”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “кача”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Nayden Gerov (1897) “ка́чвамь, ка́чювамь (да ка́чѭ)”, in Рѣчникъ на Блъгарскꙑй язꙑкъ. Съ тлъкувание рѣчи-тꙑ на Блъгарскꙑ и на Русскꙑ. [Dictionary of the Bulgarian language]‎ (in Bulgarian), volume 2, Plovdiv: Дружествена печꙗтница "Съгласие.", page 257
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “качвам, кача”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 290

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

ка̏ча f (Latin spelling kȁča)
* (regional) snake

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:kača.

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

ка́(ч)ка (ká(č)ka) +‎ -я́ (-já)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɐˈt͡ʃa]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

кача́ • (kačá) n animal (genitive кача́ти, nominative plural кача́та, genitive plural кача́т, diminutive кача́тко)
* duckling
    Synonym: каченя́ (kačenjá)

#### Declension
### References

* Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “кача́”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “кача”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “кача”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN