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Polish
Etymology
From żyd + -ek.
Pronunciation
Noun
żydek m pers
- (Judaism) diminutive of żyd.
- (derogatory, ethnic slur, religious slur, Judaism) kike, Yid (Jewish person)
- Synonyms: icek, mosiek, parch, Żydzisko
Declension
Noun
żydek m inan
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
- Synonyms: arachid, fistaszek, orzech arachidowy, orzech ziemny, orzeszek ziemny
- (Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia) folding knife; small clasp-knife, pocketknife
Declension
Further reading
- żydek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “żydek”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 279
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “żydek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 25