szczupak

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Polish szczupać (“to pinch”), from Proto-Slavic *ščukati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʂt͡ʂu.pak/
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  • Rhymes: -upak
  • Syllabification: szczu‧pak

Noun

szczupak m animal (diminutive szczupaczek or (dialectal) szczublak)

  1. pike, pickerel (fish of the genus Esox), especially the northern pike (Esox lucius)
  2. (soccer) diving header
  3. (obsolete, prison slang) folding knife

Declension

Declension of szczupak
singular plural
nominative szczupak szczupaki
genitive szczupaka szczupaków
dative szczupakowi szczupakom
accusative szczupaka szczupaki
instrumental szczupakiem szczupakami
locative szczupaku szczupakach
vocative szczupaku szczupaki

Derived terms

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Noun

szczupak m pers (diminutive szczupaczek)

  1. (colloquial) someone who is very thin
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chudzielec

Further reading

  • szczupak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • szczupak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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