sam jak palec
Appearance
Polish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “lonely as [a] finger”, or more loosely translated as “lonely as [a] thumb”. Palec originally meant thumb, and the phrase originally referred to the fact that the thumb is apart from the other fingers.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sam jak palec (not comparable, no derived adverb)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sam jak palec (irregular)
singular | plural | |||||
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masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | virile (= masculine personal) | non-virile | |
nominative | sam jak palec | sama jak palec | samo jak palec | sami jak palec | same jak palec | |
genitive | samego jak palec | samej jak palec | samego jak palec | samych jak palec | ||
dative | samemu jak palec | samej jak palec | samemu jak palec | samym jak palec | ||
accusative | samego jak palec | sam jak palec | samą jak palec | samo jak palec | samych jak palec | same jak palec |
instrumental | samym jak palec | samą jak palec | samym jak palec | samymi jak palec | ||
locative | samym jak palec | samej jak palec | samym jak palec | samych jak palec |
Further reading
[edit]- sam jak palec in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- sam jak palec in Polish dictionaries at PWN