umarlak
Polish
Etymology
From umarły (“deceased”) + -ak.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -arlak
- Syllabification: u‧mar‧lak
Noun
umarlak m pers
- (colloquial, humorous or dialectal, Far Masovian) dead man, goner
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trup
Declension
Declension of umarlak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | umarlak | umarlacy/umarlaki |
| genitive | umarlaka | umarlaków |
| dative | umarlakowi | umarlakom |
| accusative | umarlaka | umarlaków |
| instrumental | umarlakiem | umarlakami |
| locative | umarlaku | umarlakach |
| vocative | umarlaku | umarlacy/umarlaki |
Related terms
adjective
noun
Further reading
- umarlak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- umarlak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Waga (1860) “umarlak”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 758