помак
Bulgarian
Etymology
Uncertain. Several suggestions have been given, among them:
- from помагам (pomagam) + -ач (-ač)
- from помака (pomaka) + -ен (-en) – literally “one who has been tortured”, itself from мъка (mǎka)
- from поляк (poljak) – referring to Pauline Polish people who, after converting to Islam, were relocated to the Balkans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [poˈmak]
- Rhymes: -ak
Noun
пома́к • (pomák) m (feminine помаки́ня)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | пома́к pomák |
пома́ци pomáci |
| definite (subject form) |
пома́кът pomákǎt |
пома́ците pomácite |
| definite (object form) |
пома́ка pomáka | |
| count form | — | пома́ка pomáka |
| vocative form | пома́ко pomáko |
пома́ци pomáci |
References
- “помак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “помак”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
- Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “помак”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 508
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pǒmak/
Noun
по̀мак m inan (Latin spelling pòmak)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | помак | помаци |
| genitive | помака | помака |
| dative | помаку | помацима |
| accusative | помак | помаке |
| vocative | помаче | помаци |
| locative | помаку | помацима |
| instrumental | помаком | помацима |
Further reading
- “помак”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025