andrus

See also: Andrus

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr

Proto-Hellenic *anḗr

Ancient Greek ἀνήρ (anḗr)der.

Polish andro-

Polish -us

Polish andrus

From andro- + -us.^[1] Other sources, including Doroszewski, connect the word to the personal name Jędrzej, however Fałowski discredits this theory.^[1]^[2] First attested in the 19th century.^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈan.drus/

(Greater Poland):
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈan.drus]

Rhymes: -andrus
Syllabification: an‧drus

Noun

andrus m pers (diminutive andrusiak, augmentative andrusisko, related adjective andrusowski)

(dated, in reference to pre-World-War II) synonym of ulicznik
(dated, derogatory, humorous, colloquial) synonym of urwis
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis
(Chełmno) synonym of złodziej

Declension

Declension of andrus

	singular	plural
nominative	andrus	andrusi/andrusy (deprecative)
genitive	andrusa	andrusów
dative	andrusowi	andrusom
accusative	andrusa	andrusów
instrumental	andrusem	andrusami
locative	andrusie	andrusach
vocative	andrusie	andrusi

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Adam Fałowski (2022), “andrus”, in Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “andrus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “andrus”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 36