gacek

See also: Gacek

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from gacki (“pair of leather thongs on a flail”), diminutive of regional gace (“trousers”), from Old Polish gace, from Proto-Slavic *gaťę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.t͡sɛk/

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• Rhymes: -at͡sɛk
• Syllabification: ga‧cek

Noun

gacek m animal (augmentative gac)

1. any bat of the genus Plecotus; a long-eared bat

Declension

Declension of gacek

	singular	plural
nominative	gacek	gacki
genitive	gacka	gacków
dative	gackowi	gackom
accusative	gacka	gacki
instrumental	gackiem	gackami
locative	gacku	gackach
vocative	gacku	gacki

Related terms

noun

• gacoperz

 

Noun

gacek m pers

1. someone with large, protruding ears

Declension

Declension of gacek

	singular	plural
nominative	gacek	gackowie/gacki
genitive	gacka	gacków
dative	gackowi	gackom
accusative	gacka	gacków
instrumental	gackiem	gackami
locative	gacku	gackach
vocative	gacku	gackowie/gacki

Noun

gacek m inan

1. (regional) the thong of a flail

Declension

Declension of gacek

	singular	plural
nominative	gacek	gacki
genitive	gacka	gacków
dative	gackowi	gackom
accusative	gacek	gacki
instrumental	gackiem	gackami
locative	gacku	gackach
vocative	gacku	gacki

Further reading

• 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