pajac

See also: Pajac

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bajazzo, from Italian pagliaccio, from paglia, from Latin palea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpa.jat͡s/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ajat͡s
• Syllabification: pa‧jac

Noun

pajac m animal (diminutive pajacyk)

1. (dated) doll, puppet

   Synonym: pajacyk

   Hypernym: lalka

2. (colloquial, derogatory) clown (person that cannot be taken seriously)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:głupiec

Declension

Declension of pajac

	singular	plural
nominative	pajac	pajace
genitive	pajaca	pajaców
dative	pajacowi	pajacom
accusative	pajaca	pajace
instrumental	pajacem	pajacami
locative	pajacu	pajacach
vocative	pajacu	pajace

Derived terms

adjectives

• pajacowaty
• pajacowski

 

verb

• pajacować impf

 

Further reading

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