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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pastuxъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
pastuch m anim (female equivalent pastuchyně)
- (obsolete) Alternative form of pastucha (“herdsman”)
Declension
Declension of pastuch (velar masculine animate)
Further reading
- “pastuch”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “pastuch”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *pastuxъ.
Noun
pastuch m animal
- stallion (uncastrated male horse)
- Synonym: hengist
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “pastuch”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “pastuch”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pastuxъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpas.tux/
- Rhymes: -astux
- Syllabification: pas‧tuch
Noun
pastuch m pers (female equivalent pastuszka, diminutive pastuszek)
- herdsman, cattleman, cowherd, goatherd
- Synonyms: pasterz, skierdż
- (derogatory) an uneducated, backward person, especially one of rural origin
Declension
Noun
pastuch m inan
- (colloquial, agriculture) Ellipsis of elektryczny pastuch (“electric fence”)
- defibrillator (device)
- Synonym: defibrylator
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- pastuch in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pastuch in Polish dictionaries at PWN