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Polish
Etymology
From hak + -yk.
Pronunciation
Noun
haczyk m inan
- diminutive of hak
- (fishing) fishhook (barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing)
- (orthography) caron, háček (diacritical mark)
- hook (curved, sharply pointed body part or organ in some animals and plants)
- (colloquial, figurative) catch, hitch (concealed difficulty, especially in a deal or negotiation)
- (colloquial, figurative) catch (something used to convince a lot of people to accept a proposal or other offer, such as an artistic one)
- (archaic) fire iron, firestick, poker (metal rod, generally of wrought iron, used for adjusting the burning logs or coals in a fire)
- Synonyms: ożóg, pogrzebacz
Declension
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Further reading
- haczyk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- haczyk in Polish dictionaries at PWN