kaczak
See also: Kaczak
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.t͡ʂak/
- Rhymes: -at͡ʂak
- Syllabification: ka‧czak
- Homophone: Kaczak
Etymology 1
Noun
kaczak m animal
- (countable) duckling (aquatic bird of the family Anatidae)
- Synonym: kaczę
- (uncountable, obsolete) type of dance
- Synonym: krzyżak
Declension
Declension of kaczak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaczak | kaczaki |
| genitive | kaczaka | kaczaków |
| dative | kaczakowi | kaczakom |
| accusative | kaczaka | kaczaki |
| instrumental | kaczakiem | kaczakami |
| locative | kaczaku | kaczakach |
| vocative | kaczaku | kaczaki |
Related terms
nouns
- kaczaka
proper nouns
- Kaczak
- Kaczakan
- Kaczaki
Etymology 2
Noun
kaczak m pers
- (politics, derogatory) Lech Kaczyński or Jarosław Kaczyński (Polish identical twin brothers, born 1949, who co-founded the Law and Justice political party in 2001)
- 2009 September 3, Piotr <pnat@wp.pl>, “Rosjanie nauczyli Polaków mówić prawdę i pokory”, in pl.soc.polityka (Usenet):
- […] cymbały typu Kaczyński i Buzek będą teraz wylewać krokodyle łzy, że Rosja zawarła z Niemcami strategiczne portnerstwo[sic – meaning partnerstwo] energetyczne. Pluj kaczak, pluj, Tarczę buduj przeciw Rosji, he, he, he, Już i Amerykanie dupę kaczakowi pokazali, […].
- […] fools like Kaczyński and Buzek will be weeping crocodile tears, that Russia has entered into a strategic energy partnership with Germany. Spit, kachak, spit, build a Shield against Russia, he, he, he, even Americans flashed ass to the kachak Already, […].
Declension
Declension of kaczak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaczak | kaczacy/kaczaki (deprecative) |
| genitive | kaczaka | kaczaków |
| dative | kaczakowi | kaczakom |
| accusative | kaczaka | kaczaków |
| instrumental | kaczakiem | kaczakami |
| locative | kaczaku | kaczakach |
| vocative | kaczaku | kaczacy |
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Albanian kaçak, from Serbo-Croatian качак / kačak.
Noun
kaczak m pers
- (historical) Kachak (Albanian rebel against Serbia and Yugoslavia)
Declension
Declension of kaczak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kaczak | kaczacy/kaczaki (deprecative) |
| genitive | kaczaka | kaczaków |
| dative | kaczakowi | kaczakom |
| accusative | kaczaka | kaczaków |
| instrumental | kaczakiem | kaczakami |
| locative | kaczaku | kaczakach |
| vocative | kaczaku | kaczacy |
References
Further reading
- kaczak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “kaczak”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 195