пранці
Ukrainian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Polish franca (plural france), from German Franze(n), short for Franzosenkrankheit (“the French disease, syphilis”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editпра́нці • (pránci) m inan pl (genitive пра́нців, plural only)
- (colloquial) syphilis
- Synonym: си́філіс (sýfilis)
Declension
editDeclension of пра́нці (inan pl-only soft masc-form accent-a)
References
edit- ^ Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “пранці”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
Further reading
edit- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “пранці”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “пранці”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
- “пранці”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)
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- Ukrainian terms borrowed from Polish
- Ukrainian terms derived from Polish
- Ukrainian terms derived from German
- Ukrainian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ukrainian lemmas
- Ukrainian nouns
- Ukrainian masculine nouns
- Ukrainian inanimate nouns
- Ukrainian pluralia tantum
- Ukrainian colloquialisms
- Ukrainian soft masculine-form nouns
- Ukrainian soft masculine-form accent-a nouns
- Ukrainian nouns with accent pattern a
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