селяк

Bulgarian

Etymology

се́ло (sélo, “village, rural settlement”) +‎ -як (-jak)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛˈlʲa̟k]
• Rhymes: -ak

Noun

селя́к • (selják) m

1. (literally) someone from the countryside
2. (offensive) yokel, country bumpkin (unsophisticated person)

Declension

Declension of селя́к

	singular	plural
indefinite	селя́к selják	селя́ци seljáci
definite (subject form)	селя́кът seljákǎt	селя́ците seljácite
definite (object form)	селя́ка seljáka
vocative form	селя́че, селя́ко seljáče, seljáko	селя́ци seljáci

Related terms

• селя́нин (seljánin, “villager”) (non-offensive)
• селянду́р (seljandúr, “boor, rustic”)

References

• “селяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “селяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010