umarlak

Polish

Etymology

From umarły (“deceased”) +‎ -ak.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uˈmar.lak/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /uˈmar.lak/

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• Rhymes: -arlak
• Syllabification: u‧mar‧lak

Noun

umarlak m pers

1. (colloquial, humorous or dialectal, Far Masovian) dead man, goner

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:trup

Declension

Declension of umarlak

	singular	plural
nominative	umarlak	umarlacy/umarlaki
genitive	umarlaka	umarlaków
dative	umarlakowi	umarlakom
accusative	umarlaka	umarlaków
instrumental	umarlakiem	umarlakami
locative	umarlaku	umarlakach
vocative	umarlaku	umarlacy/umarlaki

Related terms

adjective

• martwy

 

noun

• śmierć

 

Further reading

• umarlak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• umarlak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Antoni Waga (1860) “umarlak”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 758