босяк

бос (bos, “barefooted”) +‎ -як (-jak)

• IPA^(key): [boˈsʲa̟k]

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• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification^(key): бо‧сяк

бося́к • (bosják) m (feminine бося́чка)

1. pauper, tramp
2. (historical, Russian society) low-class person during the feudal period of Tzarist Russia, who did not belong to a fiefdom and lacked stable income

• “босяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “босяк”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈsʲak]

бося́к • (bosják) m anim (genitive босяка́, nominative plural босяки́, genitive plural босяко́в)

1. hobo, tramp, vagabond

• босо́й (bosój)

• Azerbaijani: pasyak
• Armenian: բոսյակ (bosyak)

From босий (bosyj, “barefooted”) +‎ -як (-jak).

• IPA^(key): [bɔˈsʲak]

бося́к • (bosják) m pers (genitive босяка́, nominative plural босяки́, genitive plural босякі́в, female equivalent бося́чка, augmentative босяцю́га or босяцю́ра)

1. pauper, tramp
2. (historical, Russian society) low-class person during the feudal period of Tzarist Russia, who did not belong to a fiefdom and lacked stable income
3. hobo, tramp, vagabond

• босий (bosyj)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “босяк”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2025), “босяк”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–15 (а – п'ять), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN