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Polish
Etymology
Back-formation from gacki (“pair of leather thongs on a flail”), diminutive of regional gace (“trousers”), from Old Polish gace, from Proto-Slavic *gaťę.
Pronunciation
Noun
gacek m animal (augmentative gac)
- any bat of the genus Plecotus; a long-eared bat
Declension
Noun
gacek m pers
- someone with large, protruding ears
Declension
Noun
gacek m inan
- (regional) the thong of a flail
Declension
Further reading
- gacek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gacek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- gacek (nietoperze) on the Polish Wikipedia.Wikipedia pl
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego, Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza