cwaniak

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *čьvanъ

Polish cwany

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀkas

Proto-Slavic *-akъ

Old Polish -ak

Polish -ak

Polish cwaniak

From cwany (“crafty, sly”) + -ak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sfa.ɲak/

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• Rhymes: -aɲak
• Syllabification: cwa‧niak

Noun

cwaniak m pers (female equivalent cwaniaczka)

1. (colloquial) sly fox (cunning person)

   Synonym: szogun

Declension

Declension of cwaniak

	singular	plural
nominative	cwaniak	cwaniaki
genitive	cwaniaka	cwaniaków
dative	cwaniakowi	cwaniakom
accusative	cwaniaka	cwaniaków
instrumental	cwaniakiem	cwaniakami
locative	cwaniaku	cwaniakach
vocative	cwaniaku	cwaniaki

Further reading

• “cwaniak”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “cwaniak”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)