spacerniak

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Polish spacerowaćdeverb.

Polish spacer

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas

Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ

Old Polish -ny

Polish -ny

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 -niak

Polish spacerniak

From spacer + -niak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spaˈt͡sɛr.ɲak/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɲak
• Syllabification: spa‧cer‧niak

Noun

spacerniak m inan

1. (prison slang) prison yard

   Synonyms: spacernik, spacerownik

   Hypernym: podwórze

2. (colloquial, humorous) place where people often stroll by

   Synonym: spacernik

Declension

Declension of spacerniak

	singular	plural
nominative	spacerniak	spacerniaki
genitive	spacerniaka	spacerniaków
dative	spacerniakowi	spacerniakom
accusative	spacerniak	spacerniaki
instrumental	spacerniakiem	spacerniakami
locative	spacerniaku	spacerniakach
vocative	spacerniaku	spacerniaki

Related terms

adjective

• spacerowy

nouns

• spacer
• spacerek
• spacernik
• spacerowicz
• spacerowiczka
• spacerownik
• spacerówka

verb

• spacerować impf

Further reading

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