Really Simple Translation Needed

My grandfather was czech. I am from America. He used to call me little rooster in czech. It sounded like kyhostestcheck. I know rooster is kohout. So what is little rooster in czech?

Jason

 

Little rooster = Kohoutek

Even more little rooster = Kohouteček (which is probably the word you wanted)

 

So this is most likely going to be a tattoo I am getting. Is that pretty much for sure what it is? How would I write it?

 

kohouteček

 

Hehe, it sounds lovely ! In our languge, we have only rooster and little rooster as in English.

 

There are some words in czech allowing you to create two levels of "miniatures"

uzel - uzlík - uzlíček
strom - stromek - stromeček
Pavel - Pavlík - Pavlíček
...

But cock/rooster is not one of them

kohout - kohoutek
slepice - slepička - ???

You can create word "kohouteček" but it is not standard czech. For the other word you cannot create it at all.

 

What’s non–standard on “kohouteček”? You can always double the diminutive suffix “-ek”.

 

I'm not sure I would want a tattoo that might be translated "tiny cock".

 

Maybe Slepice - slípka - slepička ?

 

Glenn, you're too funny. :lol:

 

I do not think slepice is the same word as slípka.

Even if it is, other examples:

Ovce - ovečka - ??? or maybe more exactly Ovce - ??? - ovečka
Židle - židlička - ??? or better Židle - ??? - židlička

but

Stůl - stolek - stoleček
Nos - nosík - nosánek

Of course you can create words like ovečička or židličička or even kohoutečečíček :-D, but those are not used. All other I used can be used normally and will be considered standard czech.

I guess nobody used this word so far in this topic, so - in czech we call this process "zdrobňování".