ciarach

See also: Ciarach

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕa.rax/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕa.rax/

• Rhymes: -arax
• Syllabification: cia‧rach
• Homophone: Ciarach

Noun

ciarach m pers

1. (dialectal, derogatory) peasant who dresses up and tries to pass as a burgher
2. (archaic, derogatory) poor or minor nobleman
3. (Near Masovian) miserable person, average person, worthless person

Declension

Declension of ciarach

	singular	plural
nominative	ciarach	ciarachy
genitive	ciaracha	ciarachów
dative	ciarachowi	ciarachom
accusative	ciaracha	ciarachów
instrumental	ciarachem	ciarachami
locative	ciarachu	ciarachach
vocative	ciarachu	ciarachy

Derived terms

adjectives

• ciarachowaty

 

Further reading

• ciarach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “ciarach”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 363