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ancymonek

//an.t͡sɘˈmɔ.nɛk//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

ancymonek is the diminutive form of ancymon — “rascal (someone who misbehaves).

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Definitions of ancymon noun · /anˈt͡sɘ.mɔn/

Full entry for ancymon
  1. 1.rascal (someone who misbehaves)(colloquial)

Etymology of ancymon

Uncertain. Possibly a clipping of malimończyk, marymontczyk (“student/professor/baked good from Marymont”), itself probably from French Mariemont (“Mount Mary”), where the element was influenced by a dialectal pronunciation of the prefix anty- (dialectally ancy-), which often has a negative connotation, with sound changes being marymontczyk > marymon > ancymon. First attested in 1914. Compare Belarusian манцымонтка (mancymóntka, “coquette”), Belarusian малімонік (malimónik, “someone cuddly; someone with sweet tooth; someone capricious”), Ukrainian анцимонек (ancymonek), манцимонек (mancymonek, “an untrustworthy man”).

Etymology

From ancymon + -ek. First attested in 1906.

Paradigm of ancymon, with ancymonek highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
ancymon
Plural
ancymoni, ancymony
Genitive
Singular
ancymona
Plural
ancymonów
Dative
Singular
ancymonowi
Plural
ancymonom
Accusative
Singular
ancymona
Plural
ancymonów
Instrumental
Singular
ancymonem
Plural
ancymonami
Locative
Singular
ancymonie
Plural
ancymonach
Vocative
Singular
ancymonie
Plural
ancymoni

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