motłoch

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Polish

Etymology

Potentially borrowed from Ukrainian мотлох (motlox),[1] from Proto-Slavic *motъloxъ, ultimately from *motati, from *mestì.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

motłoch m inan

  1. (collective, derogatory) rabble, riffraff, mob (unruly group of people)
    Synonyms: bydło, dzicz, hołota, hultajstwo, swołocz, tałatajstwo, tłuszcza
  2. (collective, derogatory) the people, hoi polloi (ordinary citizens of a country as opposed to the elites)

Declension

References

  1. ^ motłoch in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “motłoch”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

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