żak

See also: zak, Zak, Żak, žák, and Žák

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʐak/
  • (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)

  1. (dated, education) student, university student (person who is enrolled at a college or university)
    Synonym: student
    Hypernym: uczeń
Declension
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.

Noun

żak m inan

  1. (fishing) fyke, eel basket, eelbuck, eelpot, eel trap
Declension

References

  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), żak”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

  • żak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • żak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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