пшек

Russian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. A reference to the common Polish consonant cluster /pʂ/, as in Polish przy. Compare the synonymous Czech pšoun, pšonec, pšonek for similar formations.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʂɛk]
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Noun

пшек • (pšek) m anim (genitive пше́ка, nominative plural пше́ки, genitive plural пше́ков, feminine пше́чка)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur, slang) male Polack
    Synonyms: (regular term) поля́к (polják); (historical, can be slightly derogatory) лях (ljax); (derogatory) поля́чишка (poljáčiška); (ironic, can be slightly derogatory) пан (pan)

Declension
Declension of пшек (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 
singular plural
nominative пше́к
pšék		 пше́ки
pšéki
genitive пше́ка
pšéka		 пше́ков
pšékov
dative пше́ку
pšéku		 пше́кам
pšékam
accusative пше́ка
pšéka		 пше́ков
pšékov
instrumental пше́ком
pšékom		 пше́ками
pšékami
prepositional пше́ке
pšéke		 пше́ках
pšékax

References
  • Jelistratov, V. S. (2000) “пшек”, in Slovarʹ russkovo argo (materialy 1980–1990 gg.) [Dictionary of Russian Argot (materials from 1980–1990)]‎ (in Russian), Moscow: Russkije slovari, page 387b

Further reading
  • пшек in Большой толковый словарь, editor-in-chief С. А. Кузнецов – hosted at gramota.ru
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