gracz

See also: Gracz

Polish

Alternative forms

• grac (Far Masovian, Kielce)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish igracz, from Proto-Slavic *jьgračь. By surface analysis, grać +‎ -acz. Sense 1 is due to the fact that music played by a musician (gracz) was often played while harvesting to increase moral and productivity, but as a result sometimes the harvesters would accidentally miss an ear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡrat͡ʂ/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈɡrat͡ʂ/

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• Rhymes: -at͡ʂ
• Syllabification: gracz
• Homophone: Gracz

Noun

gracz m pers (female equivalent graczka)

1. (sports, stock market) player (person who plays any social, sporting, or stock market game)
2. (gaming, video games) gamer (person who plays any video game)

   Synonym: gamer

3. cunning and skillful person
4. (hunting) animal that deceives the dogs chasing it
5. (obsolete) player (one who plays an instrument; musician)

Declension

Declension of gracz

	singular	plural
nominative	gracz	gracze
genitive	gracza	graczy
dative	graczowi	graczom
accusative	gracza	graczy
instrumental	graczem	graczami
locative	graczu	graczach
vocative	graczu	gracze

Noun

gracz m inan

2. (Kuyavia) ear of grain left accidentally unplucked

Related terms

(nouns):

• gra
• igrzysko

(verbs):

• grać impf
• igrać impf

Further reading

• gracz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• gracz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1892) “gracz”, in Słownik wyrazów ludowych zebranych w Czerskiem i na Kujawach (in Polish), Kraków: nakł. Akademii Umiejętności; Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego pod zarządem A. M. Kosterkiewicza, page 6