chlap

See also: Chłap

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech chlap, from Proto-Slavic *xolpъ of uncertain origin, possibly connected with pachole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈxlap]

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• Hyphenation: chlap
• Rhymes: -ap

Noun

chlap m anim

1. (colloquial) dude (man)

Declension

Declension of chlap (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	chlap	chlapi
genitive	chlapa	chlapů
dative	chlapovi, chlapu	chlapům
accusative	chlapa	chlapy
vocative	chlape	chlapi
locative	chlapovi, chlapu	chlapech
instrumental	chlapem	chlapy

Derived terms

• chlapák
• chlapec
• chlapík
• chlapský
• chlápek
• chlápisko
• pochlapit se

Further reading

• “chlap”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “chlap”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “chlap”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Old Czech

Alternative forms

• chłap (alternative writing)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolpъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (13^th CE) /ˈxɫap/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ˈxlap/

Noun

chlap m pers

1. commoner, subject

Declension

Declension of chlap (hard o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	chlap	chlapy	chlapi, chlapové
genitive	chlapa	chlapú	chlapóv
dative	chlapu, chlapovi	chlapoma	chlapóm
accusative	chlapa	chlapy	chlapy
vocative	chlape	chlapy	chlapi, chlapové
locative	chlapu, chlapovi	chlapú	chlapiech
instrumental	chlapem	chlapoma	chlapy

This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.

Descendants

• Czech: chlap

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916), “chlap”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈxlap/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈxlap]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ap
• Syllabification: chlap

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *xlapati

Polish chlapaćdeverb.

Polish chlap

Deverbal from chlapać.

Interjection

chlap

1. splash (sound made by an object hitting a liquid)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

chlap f

1. genitive plural of chlapa

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

chlap

1. second-person singular imperative of chlapać

Further reading

• “chlap”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[1] (in Polish)
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891), “chlap”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności‎^[2], volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 363

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xolpъ, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xlap/, [ˈxlap]
• Rhymes: -ap

• Audio (Bratislava):

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Noun

chlap m pers

1. man (male human)

Declension

Declension of chlap
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	chlap	chlapi
genitive	chlapa	chlapov
dative	chlapovi	chlapom
accusative	chlapa	chlapov
vocative	chlape, chlap	chlapi
locative	chlapovi	chlapoch
instrumental	chlapom	chlapmi

Derived terms

• chlapec
• chlápä

Further reading

• “chlap”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026