prozaik

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Latin versus

Latin prōsa

Latin prōsa ōrātiōellip.

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Latin prōsa

Latin prōsa ēloquentiaellip.

Latin prōsalbor.

French prosebor.

Polish proza

Proto-Indo-European *-eykos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-eikas

Proto-Slavic *-ikъ

Old Polish -ik

Polish -ik

Polish prozaik

From proza + -ik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔˈza.ik/

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• Rhymes: -aik
• Syllabification: pro‧za‧ik

Noun

prozaik m pers (female equivalent prozaiczka)

1. prosaist

   Synonym: beletrysta

Declension

Declension of prozaik

	singular	plural
nominative	prozaik	prozaicy/prozaiki (deprecative)
genitive	prozaika	prozaików
dative	prozaikowi	prozaikom
accusative	prozaika	prozaików
instrumental	prozaikiem	prozaikami
locative	prozaiku	prozaikach
vocative	prozaiku	prozaicy

Further reading

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