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

Declension of motłoch
singular plural
nominative motłoch motłochy
genitive motłochu motłochów
dative motłochowi motłochom
accusative motłoch motłochy
instrumental motłochem motłochami
locative motłochu motłochach
vocative motłochu motłochy

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
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