gacek
See also: Gacek
Polish
editEtymology
editBack-formation from gacki (“pair of leather thongs on a flail”), diminutive of regional gace (“trousers”), from Old Polish gace, from Proto-Slavic *gaťę.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgacek m animal (augmentative gac)
- any bat of the genus Plecotus; a long-eared bat
Declension
editDeclension of gacek
Related terms
editnoun
Noun
editgacek m pers
- someone with large, protruding ears
Declension
editDeclension of gacek
Noun
editgacek m inan
Declension
editDeclension of gacek
Further reading
edit- gacek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gacek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- gacek (nietoperze) on the Polish Wikipedia.Wikipedia pl
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego, Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza
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