pucybut

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

German putzenbor.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂euh₁-der.?

Proto-Slavic *-ovati

Old Polish -ować

Polish -ować

Polish pucować

Polish -y-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.?

Proto-Germanic *bautaną

Frankish *bautander.?

Old French botebor.

Old Czech botbor.

Old Polish obućinflu.

Old Polish bot

Polish but

Polish pucybut

From pucować + -y- + but.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈt͡sɘ.but/

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• Rhymes: -ɘbut
• Syllabification: pu‧cy‧but

Noun

pucybut m pers

1. shoeshiner, bootblack, shoeblack

   Synonym: czyścibut

Declension

Declension of pucybut

	singular	plural
nominative	pucybut	pucybuci/pucybuty
genitive	pucybuta	pucybutów
dative	pucybutowi	pucybutom
accusative	pucybuta	pucybutów
instrumental	pucybutem	pucybutami
locative	pucybucie	pucybutach
vocative	pucybucie	pucybuci/pucybuty

Further reading

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