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Polish
Etymology
From pustelnia + -ik.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pusˈtɛl.ɲik/
- Rhymes: -ɛlɲik
- Syllabification: pus‧tel‧nik
Noun
pustelnik m pers (female equivalent pustelnica or pustelniczka)
- (religion) anchorite, eremite, hermit (religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons)
- Synonyms: anachoreta, eremita
- (figuratively) hermit, recluse (someone who likes solitude and shies away from people)
- Synonyms: odludek, samotnik
Declension
Noun
pustelnik m animal
- hermit crab
Declension
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Further reading
- pustelnik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pustelnik in Polish dictionaries at PWN