ochłap

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Polish

Etymology

From o- + deverbal from chłapać.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔxwap
  • Syllabification: o‧chłap

Noun

ochłap m inan (diminutive ochłapek)

  1. (colloquial or dialectal, Near Masovian) scrap of meat, usually of low quality
    Synonym: chabanina
    Hypernyms: kawałek, mięso
  2. (in the plural, colloquial or dialectal, Near Masovian, Far Masovian) scraps, leftovers
    Synonym: resztki

Usage notes

Sense 2 may be used in the singular in the Near Masovian dialect.

Declension

Further reading

  • ochłap in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ochłap in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “ochłap”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 366
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “ochłap”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 116