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Polish
Etymology
From prosty + -ak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈprɔs.tak/
- Rhymes: -ɔstak
- Syllabification: pros‧tak
Noun
prostak m pers (female equivalent prostaczka, diminutive prostaczek)
- (derogatory) one who is uncultured and uneducated
- Synonyms: chamidło, burak, cham, buc, prymityw, wieśniak
Declension
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Further reading
- prostak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- prostak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
prostak m (Cyrillic spelling простак)
- A rude person.
- A vulgar person.
- Koji si ti jebeni prostak, probaj se sa svojom mamom tako razgovarati. ― You're so fucking vulgar, why don't you try and talk like that to your mother?