hrubián

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Grobian(us)[1] and influenced by hrubý. By surface analysis, hrubý +‎ án.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɦrubɪjaːn]

Noun

hrubián m anim (female equivalent hrubiánka)

  1. uncouth person
  2. brute

Declension

adjective
adverb
nouns

References

  1. ^ Roman Jakobson (1952) “Reviews”, in Word[1], volume 8, number 4, →DOI, New Slavic etymological dictionaries, page 390

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