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Etymology edit

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Noun edit

Poleszuk pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of Poleshuk
    • 2008, Lech Mróz, Aleksander Posern-Zieliński, Exploring home, neighbouring and distant cultures, →ISBN:
      For different reasons the Poleszuk could not participate in the process of building Polish national identity. The reasons were rooted not in cultural differences, in a different language and in their Orthodox religion.
    • 2014, Jim Jose, Rob Imre, Not So Strange Bedfellows: The Nexus of Politics and Religion in the 21st Century, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 96:
      The Greek Catholic Church was driven underground, but today a small Greek Catholic community has been revived, based mainly among the Poleszuk community in the south west of the country.
    • 2014, Wiesław Szpilka, “Batman – a Story of Creation”, in Konteksty[1], number 0, archived from the original on 16 June 2020, page 357:
      The Poleszuk and Hutsul peoples or the Tatra Mts. highlanders were once treated as “lesser brothers” but not as residents of another continent.

Polish edit

 
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Poleszucy

Etymology edit

From Polesie +‎ -uk.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pɔˈlɛ.ʂuk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛʂuk
  • Syllabification: Po‧le‧szuk

Noun edit

Poleszuk m pers (female equivalent Poleszuczka, related adjective poleszucki)

  1. Poleshuk (member of an ethnic group descended from the people of Polesia)

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Further reading edit

  • Poleszuk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Poleszuk in Polish dictionaries at PWN