пшек

Russian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. A reference to the common Polish consonant cluster /pʂ/, as in Polish przy. Compare the synonymous Czech pšoun, pšonec, pšonek for similar formations.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʂɛk]

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Noun

пшек • (pšek) m anim (genitive пше́ка, nominative plural пше́ки, genitive plural пше́ков, feminine пше́чка)

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) male Polack

   Synonyms: (regular term) поля́к (polják); (historical, can be slightly derogatory) лях (ljax); (derogatory) поля́чишка (poljáčiška); (ironic, can be slightly derogatory) пан (pan)

Declension

Declension of пшек (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пше́к pšék	пше́ки pšéki
genitive	пше́ка pšéka	пше́ков pšékov
dative	пше́ку pšéku	пше́кам pšékam
accusative	пше́ка pšéka	пше́ков pšékov
instrumental	пше́ком pšékom	пше́ками pšékami
prepositional	пше́ке pšéke	пше́ках pšékax

References

• Jelistratov, V. S. (2000) “пшек”, in Slovarʹ russkovo argo (materialy 1980–1990 gg.) [Dictionary of Russian Argot (materials from 1980–1990)]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Russkije slovari, page 387b

Further reading

• пшек in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru