bałak

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See also: balak and bālāk

Polish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from bałakać.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.wak/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -awak
  • Syllabification: ba‧łak

Noun[edit]

bałak m inan

  1. (Lviv) Lvivian Polish, Lwów subdialect (the regional dialect found in Lviv)
    • 2006, Adam Kulewski, Lwów: przewodnik, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz", →ISBN, page 20:
      Jednym z elementów bałaku były idiomy: „Anglik z Kołomyji" — który oznaczał wg dzisiejszych norm „szpanera".
      One of the elements of balak were the idioms "an Englishman from Kolomyya", which meant, according to today's standards "flashy dresser".

Declension[edit]

Related terms[edit]

verb

Further reading[edit]

  • bałak in Polish dictionaries at PWN