pytlák

Czech

Etymology

From pytel (“bag, sack”) +‎ -ák, based on the concept that the caught game is carried away in a bag.[1] Compare Slovak pytliak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɪtlaːk]
  • Hyphenation: pyt‧lák

Noun

pytlák m anim (female equivalent pytlačka, relational adjective pytlácký, diminutive pytláček)

  1. poacher (person who trespasses in order to take game illegally)

Declension

Declension of pytlák (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative pytlák pytláci
genitive pytláka pytláků
dative pytlákovi, pytláku pytlákům
accusative pytláka pytláky
vocative pytláku pytláci
locative pytlákovi, pytláku pytlácích
instrumental pytlákem pytláky

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “pytlák”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Further reading

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