szkrab
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unclear. Perhaps related to dialectal szkraby (“old, crooked, unusable footwear”), the equivalents of which are attested in Czech šráb and Ukrainian шраб (šrab), ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *skrobati (“to scrape, to scratch”), from *skrebti (“to scrape, to rustle”). The original meaning would therefore be “a creature making clumsy movements, accompanied by the sound of scraping”. Compare also dialectal Polish śkrabki (“scabies”).
Possibly borrowed from argot German Schrappen, Schrabbiner, Schrapf, Schrabbiner.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
szkrab m animal or m pers (diminutive szkrabik)
- (colloquial, endearing) nipper, tot (small child)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis
Declension edit
Declension of szkrab
or less frequent:
Declension of szkrab
References edit
- ^ Adam Fałowski (2022) Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN