ciarach

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Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

Noun

ciarach m pers

  1. (dialectal, derogatory) peasant who dresses up and tries to pass as a burgher
  2. (archaic, derogatory) poor or minor nobleman
  3. (Near Masovian) miserable person, average person, worthless person

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Further reading

  • ciarach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “ciarach”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 363