gacek

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Polish

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Etymology

Back-formation from gacki (“pair of leather thongs on a flail”), diminutive of regional gace (“trousers”), from gace, from *gaťę.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

gacek m animal (augmentative gac)

  1. long-eared bat (any bat of the genus Plecotus)
  2. (Żywiec, endearing, humorous) used for small children
  3. (Przemyśl) Synonym of ssak

Declension

Declension of gacek
singular plural
nominative gacek gacki
genitive gacka gacków
dative gackowi gackom
accusative gacka gacki
instrumental gackiem gackami
locative gacku gackach
vocative gacku gacki
nouns

Noun

gacek m pers

  1. someone with large, protruding ears

Declension

Declension of gacek
singular plural
nominative gacek gackowie/gacki (deprecative)
genitive gacka gacków
dative gackowi gackom
accusative gacka gacków
instrumental gackiem gackami
locative gacku gackach
vocative gacku gackowie

Noun

gacek m inan

  1. (Przemyśl) leather loop of a swingle and handstaff

Further reading

  • gacek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gacek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “gacek”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 355
  • Aleksander Saloni (1899) “gacek”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 238
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