Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Belarusian пацу́к (pacúk) or Ukrainian пацю́к (pacjúk).[1] By surface analysis, pac +‎ -uk.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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paciuk m animal

  1. (Vilnius) rat (rodent)
    Synonym: szczur
  2. (dialectal) piglet or (less frequently) hog
    Synonyms: prosię, wieprz
  3. (hunting) two years old wild boar piglet
    Hypernyms: dzik, warchlak

Declension

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noun

References

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  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “pac”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

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  • paciuk in Polish dictionaries at PWN