lajkonik

Polish

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle High German leich, leichen or lei + konik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lajˈkɔ.ɲik/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔɲik
• Syllabification: laj‧ko‧nik

Noun

lajkonik m inan

1. Lajkonik Festival (Polish festival that takes place each year on the first Thursday after the religious holiday of Corpus Christi in Cracow)

Declension

Declension of lajkonik

	singular	plural
nominative	lajkonik	lajkoniki
genitive	lajkonika	lajkoników
dative	lajkonikowi	lajkonikom
accusative	lajkonik	lajkoniki
instrumental	lajkonikiem	lajkonikami
locative	lajkoniku	lajkonikach
vocative	lajkoniku	lajkoniki

Noun

lajkonik m pers (related adjective lajkonikowy)

1. Lajkonik (symbol of the Lajkonik Festival represented as a bearded man resembling a Tatar in a characteristic pointed hat, dressed in Mongol attire, with a wooden horse around his waist)

Declension

Declension of lajkonik

	singular	plural
nominative	lajkonik	lajkonicy/lajkoniki (deprecative)
genitive	lajkonika	lajkoników
dative	lajkonikowi	lajkonikom
accusative	lajkonika	lajkoników
instrumental	lajkonikiem	lajkonikami
locative	lajkoniku	lajkonikach
vocative	lajkoniku	lajkonicy

Further reading

• lajkonik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lajkonik in Polish dictionaries at PWN