bałak

See also: balak and bālāk

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from bałakać.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈba.wak/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -awak
  • Syllabification: ba‧łak

Noun

bałak m inan

  1. (Lviv) Lvivian Polish, Lwów subdialect (the regional dialect found in Lviv)
    • 2006, Adam Kulewski, Lwów: przewodnik, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Rewasz", →ISBN, page 20:
      Jednym z elementów bałaku były idiomy: „Anglik z Kołomyji" — który oznaczał wg dzisiejszych norm „szpanera".
      One of the elements of balak were the idioms "an Englishman from Kolomyya", which meant, according to today's standards "flashy dresser".

Declension
Declension of bałak
singular
nominative bałak
genitive bałaku
dative bałakowi
accusative bałak
instrumental bałakiem
locative bałaku
vocative bałaku
verb

Further reading
  • bałak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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