селяк

Bulgarian

Etymology

се́ло (sélo, “village, rural settlement”) +‎ -як (-jak)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɛˈlʲa̟k]
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

селя́к • (selják) m

  1. (literally) someone from the countryside
  2. (offensive) yokel, country bumpkin (unsophisticated person)

Declension

Declension of селя́к
singular plural
indefinite селя́к
selják 		селя́ци
seljáci
definite
(subject form) 		селя́кът
seljákǎt 		селя́ците
seljácite
definite
(object form) 		селя́ка
seljáka
vocative form селя́че, селя́ко
seljáče, seljáko 		селя́ци
seljáci

References

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