poldecák
Slovak
Etymology
From poldec(ový) (“half-decilitre”, adjective) + -ák.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɔlɟet͡saːk]
Noun
poldecák m inan (colloquial)
- fifty-millilitre shot glass
- fifty-millilitre shot/measure (of drink)
- 2025 June 27, Zuzana Veslíková, “Američan navštívil Košice a šokuje vás, ako naše mesto nazval: Dal si pirohy, za večeru zaplatil 30 eur”, in interez.sk[1], archived from the original on 1 July 2025:
- Dal si napríklad naše tradičné pirohy a spolu s kuraťom s hranolkami a poldecákom Jägermeistera za túto večeru zaplatil 30 eur.
- For example, he had our traditional pierogi and, together with chicken with fries and a 50ml shot of Jägermeister, paid 30 euros for this dinner.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | poldecák | poldecáky |
| genitive | poldecáka | poldecákov |
| dative | poldecáku | poldecákom |
| accusative | poldecák | poldecáky |
| locative | poldecáku | poldecákoch |
| instrumental | poldecákom | poldecákmi |
Further reading
- Peciar, Štefan, editor (1959–1968), “poldecák”, in Slovník slovenského jazyka [Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–6 (A – Ž; Doplnky, Dodatky), Bratislava: Vydavateľstvo SAV, →OCLC
- “poldecák”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025