kacyk

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kazike.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.t͡sɨk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -at͡sɨk
  • Syllabification: ka‧cyk

Noun

kacyk m pers

  1. cacique (tribal chief)
  2. (colloquial, derogatory) an official, especially provincial, who abuses his authority or uses his position for personal gain
    • 1998, Ryszard Kapuściński, “Wykład o Ruandzie [A lecture on Rwanda]”, in Heban [The Shadow of the Sun], Czytelnik, →ISBN, page 184:
      Ot, małe zagubione w górach na dalekim kontynencie państewko, rządzone przez żarłoczną familię chciwych, despotycznych kacyków.
      So, a little nation somewhere in the mountains of a distant continent, ruled by a greedy family of voracious, despotic petty chieftains. [trans. by Klara Glowczewska]

Declension
Declension of kacyk
singular plural
nominative kacyk kacykowie / kacyki
genitive kacyka kacyków
dative kacykowi kacykom
accusative kacyka kacyków
instrumental kacykiem kacykami
locative kacyku kacykach
vocative kacyku kacykowie / kacyki

Noun

kacyk m animal

  1. New World oriole (bird of the genus Icterus)

Declension
Declension of kacyk
singular plural
nominative kacyk kacyki
genitive kacyka kacyków
dative kacykowi kacykom
accusative kacyka kacyki
instrumental kacykiem kacykami
locative kacyku kacykach
vocative kacyku kacyki

Further reading
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