drewniak

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Etymology

From drewno +‎ -ak.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

drewniak m inan (diminutive drewniaczek)

  1. clog (type of shoe)
  2. (colloquial) wooden building
  3. any fungus belonging to the genus Hypoxylon

Declension

Noun

drewniak m animal (diminutive drewniaczek)

  1. guitarrito (species of banjo catfish, Bunocephalus coracoideus)
  2. (colloquial) brown centipede, stone centipede (Lithobius forficatus)

Declension

Noun

drewniak m pers (diminutive drewniaczek)

  1. (slang) wet blanket, stick in the mud, person who shuns amusement

Declension

Further reading

  • drewniak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • drewniak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “drewniaki”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 33