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boczki

//ˈbɔt͡ʂ.ki//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

boczki is the nominative/accusative/vocative plural form of boczek — “bacon, pork belly (boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig).

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Definitions of boczek noun · /ˈbɔ.t͡ʂɛk/

Full entry for boczek
  1. 1.bacon, pork belly (boneless cut of fatty meat from the belly of a pig)
  2. 2.love handle, spare tyre (protruding area of fat on the side of the body, above the hips; side fat)

Etymology of boczek

From bok + -ek. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Speckseite. First attested in 1534.

Paradigm of boczek, with boczki highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
boczek
Plural
boczki
Genitive
Singular
boczku
Plural
boczków
Dative
Singular
boczkowi
Plural
boczkom
Accusative
Singular
boczek
Plural
boczki
Instrumental
Singular
boczkiem
Plural
boczkami
Locative
Singular
boczku
Plural
boczkach
Vocative
Singular
boczku
Plural
boczki

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