пацан

Russian

From an unidentified form; presumably Southern Russian or Ukrainian пацю́к (pacjúk, “piglet, rat”), with the expressive suffix -ан (-an).

паца́н • (pacán) m anim (genitive пацана́, nominative plural пацаны́, genitive plural пацано́в)

(colloquial) boy, kid, lad, fella (referring to a boy or a young man; can be used as a term of address)
(criminal slang) gang member

Declension of паца́н (anim masc-form hard-stem accent-b)

From an unidentified form; presumably Ukrainian пацю́к (pacjúk, “piglet, rat”), with the expressive suffix -ан (-an).

паца́н • (pacán) m pers (genitive пацана́, nominative plural пацани́, genitive plural пацані́в)

(colloquial) boy, kid, lad, fella (referring to a boy or a young man; can be used as a term of address)
Synonym: хлопча́к (xlopčák)
(criminal slang) gang member

Declension of *паца́н*
(pers hard masc-form accent-b)
	singular	plural
nominative	паца́н pacán	пацани́ pacaný
genitive	пацана́ pacaná	пацані́в pacanív
dative	пацано́ві, пацану́ pacanóvi, pacanú	пацана́м pacanám
accusative	пацана́ pacaná	пацані́в pacanív
instrumental	пацано́м pacanóm	пацана́ми pacanámy
locative	пацано́ві, пацані́ pacanóvi, pacaní	пацана́х pacanáx
vocative	паца́не pacáne	пацани́ pacaný

Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пацан”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “пацан”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “пацан”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka