mamer

Polish

Etymology

From the name of the oldest Roman prison Mamertine Prison (Latin Carcer Mamertinus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mɛr/
• Rhymes: -amɛr
• Syllabification: ma‧mer

Noun

mamer m inan

1. (colloquial, Warsaw) jail, prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

   Synonyms: ciupa, koza, kryminał, paka, pierdel, pudło, więzienie, zakład karny

Declension

Declension of mamer

	singular	plural
nominative	mamer	mamry
genitive	mamra	mamrów
dative	mamrowi	mamrom
accusative	mamer	mamry
instrumental	mamrem	mamrami
locative	mamrze	mamrach
vocative	mamrze	mamry

Further reading

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

Silesian

Etymology

From the name of the oldest Roman prison Mamertine Prison (Latin Carcer Mamertinus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmamɛr/
• Rhymes: -amɛr
• Syllabification: ma‧mer

Noun

mamer m inan

1. (Cieszyn Silesia) jail, prison (place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes)

Further reading

• Jadwiga Wronicz, editor (2010), Słownik gwarowy Śląska Cieszyńskiego (in Silesian), Ustroń: Galeria „Na Gojach”, →ISBN