charłak

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Polish

Etymology

From charłać +‎ -ak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxar.wak/
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  • Rhymes: -arwak
  • Syllabification: char‧łak

Noun

charłak m pers

  1. (dated or dialectal, Far Masovian) weakling (frail, sickly person)
    Synonyms: słabeusz, cherlak

Declension

Further reading

  • charłak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “charłak”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 104