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wieśniak

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Polish

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Etymology

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    From wieśny + -ak.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈvjɛɕ.ɲak/
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    • Rhymes: -ɛɕɲak
    • Syllabification: wieś‧niak

    Noun

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    wieśniak m pers (female equivalent wieśniaczka)

    1. villager
    2. (derogatory) yokel; rustic; uncultured person, yob, ned, gopnik

    Declension

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    The alternate nominative and vocative plural form is used only in sense #2.

    Further reading

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