bolszewik

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), from большинство́ (bolʹšinstvó, “majority”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔlˈʂɛ.vik/

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• Rhymes: -ɛvik
• Syllabification: bol‧sze‧wik

Noun

bolszewik m pers (female equivalent bolszewiczka)

1. Bolshevik (member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party, which seized power in the October Revolution of 1917)
2. a supporter of communism

Declension

Declension of bolszewik

	singular	plural
nominative	bolszewik	bolszewicy/bolszewiki (deprecative)
genitive	bolszewika	bolszewików
dative	bolszewikowi	bolszewikom
accusative	bolszewika	bolszewików
instrumental	bolszewikiem	bolszewikami
locative	bolszewiku	bolszewikach
vocative	bolszewiku	bolszewicy

Derived terms

adjective

• bolszewicki

 

Related terms

nouns

• bolszewia
• bolszewizacja
• bolszewizm

 

verb

• bolszewizować

 

Further reading

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