paszkwil
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Pasquill, from Italian pasquillo. Compare Italian Pasquino, name given to a statue in Rome on which lampoons were posted.
Pronunciation
Noun
paszkwil m inan
- lampoon (written attack on a person or group)
- 2006, Mariusz Urbanek, Kisielewscy. Zygmunt, Jan August, Stefan, Wacek:
- Gomułka dodatkowo nienawidził Kisielewskiego za obronę Janusza Szpotańskiego, autora satyrycznej opery wierszem Cisi i gęgacze. Komunistyczny przywódca, występujący w operze w roli Gnoma, uważał ją za ziejący jadem nienawiści reakcyjny paszkwil.
- Gomułka also hated Kisielewski for defending Janusz Szpotański, the author of a satirical opera in verse, Cisi i gęgacze (The Quiet and the Cacklers). The communist leader, who made an appearance in the opera in the role of the Gnome, considered it a venomous, reactionary lampoon.
Declension
Declension of paszkwil
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paszkwil | paszkwile |
| genitive | paszkwilu | paszkwili |
| dative | paszkwilowi | paszkwilom |
| accusative | paszkwil | paszkwile |
| instrumental | paszkwilem | paszkwilami |
| locative | paszkwilu | paszkwilach |
| vocative | paszkwilu | paszkwile |
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Descendants
- Yiddish: פּאַשקעוויל (pashkevil)