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bałak

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See also: balak, bālāk, Balák, and bałąk

Polish

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Etymology

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Back-formation from bałakać.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈba.wak/
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  • Rhymes: -awak
  • Syllabification: ba‧łak

Noun

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bałak m inan

  1. (Lviv) Lvivian Polish, Lwów subdialect (the regional dialect found in Lviv)
    • 2006, Adam Kulewski, Lwów: przewodnik, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz", →ISBN, page 20:
      Jednym z elementów bałaku były idiomy: „Anglik z Kołomyji" — który oznaczał wg dzisiejszych norm „szpanera".
      One of the elements of balak were the idioms "an Englishman from Kolomyya", which meant, according to today's standards "flashy dresser".

Declension

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verb

Further reading

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  • bałak in Polish dictionaries at PWN