босяк

Bulgarian

Etymology

бос (bos, barefooted) +‎ -як (-jak)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [boˈsʲa̟k]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

бося́к • (bosjákm (feminine бося́чка)

  1. pauper, tramp
  2. (historical, Russian society) low-class person during the feudal period of Tzarist Russia, who did not belong to a fiefdom and lacked stable income

Declension

Declension of бося́к
singular plural
indefinite бося́к
bosják
бося́ци
bosjáci
definite
(subject form)
бося́кът
bosjákǎt
бося́ците
bosjácite
definite
(object form)
бося́ка
bosjáka
vocative form бося́ко
bosjáko
бося́ци
bosjáci

References

  • босяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • босяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bɐˈsʲak]

Noun

бося́к • (bosjákm anim (genitive босяка́, nominative plural босяки́, genitive plural босяко́в)

  1. hobo, tramp, vagabond

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: բոսյակ (bosyak)