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пшек

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Russian

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic. A reference to the common Polish consonant cluster /pʂ/, as in Polish przy. Compare the synonymous Czech pšoun, pšonec, pšonek for similar formations.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpʂɛk]
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Noun

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пшек (pšekm anim (genitive пше́ка, nominative plural пше́ки, genitive plural пше́ков, feminine пше́чка)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) male Polack
    Synonyms: (regular term) поля́к (polják); (historical, can be slightly derogatory) лях (ljax); (derogatory) поля́чишка (poljáčiška); (ironic, can be slightly derogatory) пан (pan)

Declension

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References

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  • Jelistratov, V. S. (2000) “пшек”, in Slovarʹ russkovo argo (materialy 1980–1990 gg.) [Dictionary of Russian Argot (materials from 1980–1990)]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Russkije slovari, page 387b

Further reading

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  • пшек in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru