majak

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See also: maják, májak, маяк, and Маяк

Polish

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ajak
  • Syllabification: ma‧jak

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ukrainian мая́к (maják), from Proto-Slavic *majakъ, from *majati +‎ *-akъ.

Noun

majak m inan

  1. hallucination, phantom
    Synonyms: przywidzenie, widmo, widziadło, złuda
  2. a sneak boat, typically covered with reeds or branches, used to hunt waterbirds
  3. (obsolete) backroads, detour
    Synonyms: manowce, objazd
Declension
Declension of majak
singular plural
nominative majak majaki
genitive majaka majaków
dative majakowi majakom
accusative majak majaki
instrumental majakiem majakami
locative majaku majakach
vocative majaku majaki
Derived terms
adjective
verb

Etymology 2

From maj +‎ -ak.

Noun

majak m inan

  1. (Central Greater Poland) young pine tree
Alternative forms

Further reading

  • majak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • majak in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мая́к (maják).

Noun

majak

  1. lighthouse

Inflection

Inflection of majak (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing. majak
genitive sing. majakan
partitive sing. majakad
partitive plur. majakoid
singular plural
nominative majak majakad
accusative majakan majakad
genitive majakan majakoiden
partitive majakad majakoid
essive-instructive majakan majakoin
translative majakaks majakoikš
inessive majakas majakoiš
elative majakaspäi majakoišpäi
illative majakaha majakoihe
adessive majakal majakoil
ablative majakalpäi majakoilpäi
allative majakale majakoile
abessive majakata majakoita
comitative majakanke majakoidenke
prolative majakadme majakoidme
approximative I majakanno majakoidenno
approximative II majakannoks majakoidennoks
egressive majakannopäi majakoidennopäi
terminative I majakahasai majakoihesai
terminative II majakalesai majakoilesai
terminative III majakassai —
additive I majakahapäi majakoihepäi
additive II majakalepäi majakoilepäi

References

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “маяк”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika
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