prostak

prostak

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 *próder.
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-der.
Proto-Slavic *prȍstъ
Old Polish prosty
Polish prosty
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 prostak

    From prosty + -ak.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈprɔs.tak/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔstak
    • Syllabification: pros‧tak

    Noun

    prostak m pers (female equivalent prostaczka, diminutive prostaczek)

    1. (derogatory) one who is uncultured and uneducated
      Synonyms: chamidło, burak, cham, buc, prymityw, wieśniak

    Declension

    Declension of prostak
    singular plural
    nominative prostak prostacy/prostaki
    genitive prostaka prostaków
    dative prostakowi prostakom
    accusative prostaka prostaków
    instrumental prostakiem prostakami
    locative prostaku prostakach
    vocative prostaku prostacy/prostaki
    adjective
    adverbs
    noun

    Further reading

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

    Serbo-Croatian

    Noun

    pròstāk m anim (Cyrillic spelling про̀ста̄к, genitive singular prostáka, vocative singular prȍstāče, nominative plural prostáci)

    1. rude person (usually male)
    2. vulgar person (usually male)
      Koji si ti jebeni prostak, probaj se sa svojom mamom tako razgovarati. ― You're so fucking vulgar, why don't you try and talk like that to your mother?
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