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Polish
Etymology
From bestia + -nik. First attested in 1834.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɛsˈtɘj.ɲik/
- Rhymes: -ɘjɲik
- Syllabification: bes‧tyj‧nik
Noun
bestyjnik m pers (female equivalent (obsolete) bestyjnica)
- (obsolete, dialectal, humorous) good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; beast
Declension
References
- ^ Fryderyk Skarbek (1834) Nieproszeni goście : komedja w 1 akcie (in Polish), page 34
Further reading
- bestyjnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “bestyjnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bestyjnik”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 118