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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech Poľák. By surface analysis, pole + -ák. Compare Slovak Poliak
Pronunciation
Noun
Polák m anim (female equivalent Polka, related adjective polský)
- Pole (Polish man)
Declension
Declension of Polák (velar masculine animate)
Proper noun
Polák m anim (female equivalent Poláková)
- a male surname originating as an ethnonym
Declension
Declension of Polák (velar masculine animate)
Further reading
- “Polák”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Polák”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “Polák”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
- “Polák”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Polák m pers (female equivalent Poláková)
- a male surname originating as an ethnonym
Further reading
- “Polák”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024