просяк

Bulgarian

Etymology

про́ся (prósja, “to beg”) +‎ -як (-jak)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔsʲɐk]

Noun

про́сяк • (prósjak) m (feminine просяки́ня)

1. beggar (person who begs)
2. (derogatory) poor, low-class person

Declension

Declension of про́сяк

	singular	plural
indefinite	про́сяк prósjak	про́сяци prósjaci
definite (subject form)	про́сякът prósjakǎt	про́сяците prósjacite
definite (object form)	про́сяка prósjaka
vocative form	про́сяко prósjako	про́сяци prósjaci

Alternative forms

• про́сек (prósek) (dialectal)
• про́сляк (prósljak), про́шляк (próšljak) (dialectal, with epenthetic -л-)

References

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