żak
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʐak/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ak
- Syllabification: żak
- Homophone: Żak
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Czech žák, from Ecclesiastical Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).[1] Doublet of diakon.
Noun
żak m pers (diminutive żaczek)
- (dated, education) student, university student (person who is enrolled at a college or university)
Declension
Declension of żak
singular | plural | |
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nominative | żak | żacy/żaki (depreciative) |
genitive | żaka | żaków |
dative | żakowi | żakom |
accusative | żaka | żaków |
instrumental | żakiem | żakami |
locative | żaku | żakach |
vocative | żaku | żacy |
Derived terms
adjectives
- żaczy
- żakowski
nouns
- żakeria
- żakostwo
verb
- żakować impf
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Sack, from Middle High German sac, from Old High German sac, from Proto-West Germanic *sakku, from Proto-Germanic *sakkaz, from Latin saccus.
Declension
References
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “żak”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
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