полицай

Borrowed from German Polizei.

• IPA^(key): [poliˈt͡saj]

полица́й • (policáj) m (feminine полица́йка, relational adjective полице́йски)

1. police officer, policeman

• “полицай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “полицай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Borrowed from German Polizei, from Medieval Latin policia, from Late Latin polītīa. Doublet of полиция (policija).

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈlit͡saj]
• Rhymes: -it͡saj
• Hyphenation: по‧ли‧цай

полицай (policaj) m pers (related adjective полицайски)

1. police officer

   Synonym: полицаєц (policajec)

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “полицай”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “policeman”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 216

Borrowed from German Polizei.

• IPA^(key): [pəlʲɪˈt͡saj]

полица́й • (policáj) m anim (genitive полица́я, nominative plural полица́и, genitive plural полица́ев)

1. (historical, offensive) Hipo, Schutzmann (collaborationist auxiliary policeman working for the Nazi German occupation forces during World War II)
2. (slang) cop (police officer)