gacek

See also: Gacek

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from gacki (“pair of leather thongs on a flail”), diminutive of regional gace (“trousers”), from Old Polish gace, from Proto-Slavic *gaťę.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.t͡sɛk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sɛk
  • Syllabification: ga‧cek

Noun

gacek m animal (augmentative gac)

  1. any bat of the genus Plecotus; a long-eared bat

Declension
Declension of gacek
singular plural
nominative gacek gacki
genitive gacka gacków
dative gackowi gackom
accusative gacka gacki
instrumental gackiem gackami
locative gacku gackach
vocative gacku gacki
noun

Noun

gacek m pers

  1. someone with large, protruding ears

Declension
Declension of gacek
singular plural
nominative gacek gackowie/gacki
genitive gacka gacków
dative gackowi gackom
accusative gacka gacków
instrumental gackiem gackami
locative gacku gackach
vocative gacku gackowie/gacki

Noun

gacek m inan

  1. (regional) the thong of a flail

Declension
Declension of gacek
singular plural
nominative gacek gacki
genitive gacka gacków
dative gackowi gackom
accusative gacek gacki
instrumental gackiem gackami
locative gacku gackach
vocative gacku gacki

Further reading
  • gacek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gacek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • gacek (nietoperze) on the Polish Wikipedia.Wikipedia pl
  • Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego, Krakowska Spółka Wydawnicza
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