gacek
See also: Gacek
Polish
Etymology
Back-formation from gacki (“pair of leather thongs on a flail”), diminutive of regional gace (“trousers”), from Old Polish gace, from Proto-Slavic *gaťę.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡa.t͡sɛk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -at͡sɛk
- Syllabification: ga‧cek
Noun
gacek m anim (augmentative gac)
- any bat of the genus Plecotus; a long-eared bat
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
noun
- gacoperz
Noun
gacek m pers
- someone with large, protruding ears
Declension
Declension of gacek
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | gacek | gackowie/gacki |
genitive | gacka | gacków |
dative | gackowi | gackom |
accusative | gacka | gacków |
instrumental | gackiem | gackami |
locative | gacku | gackach |
vocative | gacku | gackowie/gacki |
Noun
gacek m inan
- (regional) the thong of a flail
Declension
Declension of gacek
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | gacek | gacki |
genitive | gacka | gacków |
dative | gackowi | gackom |
accusative | gacek | gacki |
instrumental | gackiem | gackami |
locative | gacku | gackach |
vocative | gacku | gacki |
Further reading
- gacek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gacek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- gacek (nietoperze) on the Polish Wikipedia.Wikipedia pl
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “gać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego, Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza