паляк

Belarusian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [paˈlʲak]

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Noun

паля́к • (palják) m pers (genitive паля́ка, nominative plural паля́кі, genitive plural паля́каў, feminine по́лька or паля́чка)

1. a Pole (man from Poland)

   Synonym: (can be pejorative) лях (ljax)

   ён паля́к ― jon palják ― he is Polish

Declension

Declension of паля́к (pr velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	паля́к palják	паля́кі paljáki
genitive	паля́ка paljáka	паля́каў paljákaŭ
dative	паля́ку paljáku	паля́кам paljákam
accusative	паля́ка paljáka	паля́каў paljákaŭ
instrumental	паля́кам paljákam	паля́камі paljákami
locative	паля́ку paljáku	паля́ках paljákax
count form	—	паля́кі1 paljáki1

¹Used with the numbers 2, 3, 4 and higher numbers after 20 ending in 2, 3, and 4.

Related terms

• По́льшча (Pólʹšča)
• по́лька f (pólʹka), паля́чка (paljáčka) (feminine forms)
• по́льскі (pólʹski, adj)

Bulgarian

Etymology

па́ля се (pálja se, “to get agitated”) +‎ -як (-jak)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɐˈlʲa̟k]

Noun

паля́к • (palják) m (feminine паля́чка)

1. easily agitated person, one who cannot keep their nerves under control

Declension

Declension of паля́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	паля́к palják	паля́ци paljáci
definite (subject form)	паля́кът paljákǎt	паля́ците paljácite
definite (object form)	паля́ка paljáka
vocative form	паля́ко paljáko	паля́ци paljáci

References

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