szkrab
Polish
editEtymology
editUncertain. 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 that makes clumsy movements, accompanied by the sound of scraping”. Compare also dialectal Polish śkrabki (“scabies”).
Alternatively, perhaps borrowed from argot German Schrappen, Schrabbiner, Schrapf, Schrabbiner.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editszkrab m animal or m pers (diminutive szkrabik)
- (colloquial, endearing) nipper, tot (small child)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis
Declension
editDeclension of szkrab
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Declension of szkrab
References
edit- ^ Adam Fałowski (2022) “szkrab”, in Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
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