gacek
See also: Gacek
Polish
Etymology
Back-formation from gacki (“pair of leather thongs on a flail”), diminutive of regional gace (“trousers”), from gace, from *gaťę.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -at͡sɛk
- Syllabification: ga‧cek
- Homophone: Gacek
Noun
gacek m animal (augmentative gac)
- long-eared bat (any bat of the genus Plecotus)
- (Żywiec, endearing, humorous) used for small children
- (Przemyśl) synonym of ssak
Declension
Declension of gacek
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gacek | gacki |
| genitive | gacka | gacków |
| dative | gackowi | gackom |
| accusative | gacka | gacki |
| instrumental | gackiem | gackami |
| locative | gacku | gackach |
| vocative | gacku | gacki |
Related terms
nouns
Noun
gacek m pers
- someone with large, protruding ears
Declension
Declension of gacek
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gacek | gackowie/gacki (deprecative) |
| genitive | gacka | gacków |
| dative | gackowi | gackom |
| accusative | gacka | gacków |
| instrumental | gackiem | gackami |
| locative | gacku | gackach |
| vocative | gacku | gackowie |
Noun
gacek m inan
Further reading
- gacek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gacek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “gacek”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 355
- Aleksander Saloni (1899) “gacek”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 238
- Aleksander Saloni (1908) “gacki”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 334