po polskiemu

Polish

Etymology

Deliberate substitution of polskiemu, the modern dative case form of polski (“Polish”), for the standard, historical form polsku in the expression po polsku (“in the Polish language; the Polish way”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ‿pɔlˈskjɛ.mu/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmu
  • Syllabification: po‿pol‧skie‧mu

Adverb

po polskiemu (not comparable)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, idiomatic) in a very ungrammatical Polish language

Further reading

  • po polskiemu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • po polskiemu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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