sobaka

See also: sobaką

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian соба́ка (sobáka), from Old East Slavic собака (sobaka), from Middle Iranian dialectal *sabāka-, from Proto-Medo-Parthian *spā́kəh, from Proto-Iranian *cwā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćwā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔˈba.ka/

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• Rhymes: -aka
• Syllabification: so‧ba‧ka

Noun

sobaka f

1. (dated or regional) dog (Canis lupus familiaris)

   Synonym: pies

2. (colloquial, derogatory) blackguard, scoundrel

   Synonyms: drań, łajdak, łajdus, łobuz, łotr, nikczemnik

Declension

Declension of sobaka

	singular	plural
nominative	sobaka	sobaki
genitive	sobaki	sobak
dative	sobace	sobakom
accusative	sobakę	sobaki
instrumental	sobaką	sobakami
locative	sobace	sobakach
vocative	sobako	sobaki

Derived terms

verb

• sobaczyć impf

 

Related terms

adjective

• sobaczy

 

Further reading

• sobaka in Polish dictionaries at PWN