motłoch
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Potentially borrowed from Ukrainian мотлох (motlox),[1] from Proto-Slavic *motъloxъ, ultimately from *motati, from *mestì.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]motłoch m inan
- (collective, derogatory) rabble, riffraff, mob (unruly group of people)
- Synonyms: bydło, dzicz, hołota, hultajstwo, swołocz, tałatajstwo, tłuszcza
- (collective, derogatory) the people, hoi polloi (ordinary citizens of a country as opposed to the elites)
Declension
[edit]Declension of motłoch
singular | plural | |
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nominative | motłoch | motłochy |
genitive | motłochu | motłochów |
dative | motłochowi | motłochom |
accusative | motłoch | motłochy |
instrumental | motłochem | motłochami |
locative | motłochu | motłochach |
vocative | motłochu | motłochy |
References
[edit]- ^ motłoch in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “motłoch”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Further reading
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔtwɔx
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