czworak
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Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
czworak m inan (diminutive czworaczek, related adjective czworaczny or czworakowy or czworacki)
- (historical) residential building with four apartments, each with a separate entrance from the outside, forming part of a complex of manor or farm buildings; usually intended for farm servants or seasonal farm laborers
- tiffin carrier, dabbas (container for transporting and keeping food warm, divided into four separate sections)
Declension
Declension of czworak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | czworak | czworaki |
| genitive | czworaka | czworaków |
| dative | czworakowi | czworakom |
| accusative | czworak | czworaki |
| instrumental | czworakiem | czworakami |
| locative | czworaku | czworakach |
| vocative | czworaku | czworaki |
Noun
czworak m animal (diminutive czworaczek)
- (historical) silver four-grosz coin, first introduced in the Republic of Poland during the reign of Sigismund II Augustus as part of efforts to unify coinage throughout the territory of the Jagiellonian state
- (chiefly in the plural, colloquial) all fours (position of the human body in which the hands and knees rest on the ground)
Declension
Declension of czworak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | czworak | czworaki |
| genitive | czworaka | czworaków |
| dative | czworakowi | czworakom |
| accusative | czworaka | czworaki |
| instrumental | czworakiem | czworakami |
| locative | czworaku | czworakach |
| vocative | czworaku | czworaki |
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Further reading
- czworak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- czworaki II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- czworak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- czworak in PWN's encyclopedia