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bażancik

//baˈʐan.t͡ɕik//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

bażancik is the diminutive form of bażant — “pheasant (any bird of the family Phasianidae).

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Definitions of bażant noun · /ˈba.ʐant/ | /ˈba.ʐant/

Full entry for bażant
  1. 1.pheasant (any bird of the family Phasianidae)
  2. 2.delicacy (pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement)(obsolete)
  3. 3.in Communist Poland, a young man dressing in colorful clothes imitating the behavior of people from the United States and Western Europe(colloquial)
  4. 4.in Communist Poland, a university graduate performing compulsory military service as an officer cadet(colloquial)
  5. 5.novice recruit(colloquial, derogatory, obsolete)

Etymology of bażant

Inherited from Old Polish bażant.

Etymology

From bażant + -ik.

Paradigm of bażant, with bażancik highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
bażant
Plural
bażanty, bażanci
Genitive
Singular
bażanta
Plural
bażantów
Dative
Singular
bażantowi
Plural
bażantom
Accusative
Singular
bażanta
Plural
bażanty, bażantów
Instrumental
Singular
bażantem
Plural
bażantami
Locative
Singular
bażancie
Plural
bażantach
Vocative
Singular
bażancie
Plural
bażanty, bażanci

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