cieplak
Polish
Etymology
From ciepły + -ak. For noun 2 sense 1, compare ciepły brat. First attested in 1950.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛ.plak/
- Rhymes: -ɛplak
- Syllabification: cie‧plak
- Homophone: Cieplak
Noun
cieplak m inan(colloquial)
- (construction slang) heated building
- Hypernym: pomieszczenie
- 1950, Tadeusz Konwicki, Przy budowie, Warszawa: Czytelnik, page 18:
- Cieśle rozpoczynali szalunek cieplaka, który miał okryć wykop.
- The carpenters have began shoring the heated building, which was supposed to cover the excavation.
- (chiefly in the plural) heated winter boot
- Hypernym: but
Declension
Declension of cieplak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cieplak | cieplaki |
| genitive | cieplaku | cieplaków |
| dative | cieplakowi | cieplakom |
| accusative | cieplak | cieplaki |
| instrumental | cieplakiem | cieplakami |
| locative | cieplaku | cieplakach |
| vocative | cieplaku | cieplaki |
Noun
cieplak m pers
- (colloquial, derogatory) fag (homosexual man)
- Synonyms: (colloquial, humorous) chomik, (colloquial) ciepły brat, (derogatory) ciota, (expressive, LGBTQ slang) czajniczek, (LGBTQ slang) czajnik, (neutral) gej, (derogatory) parówa, (colloquial, derogatory) pedalarz, (colloquial, derogatory) pedalista, (derogatory) pedał, (literary) pederasta, (derogatory) pedryl, (colloquial) pedzio
- Hypernyms: homoseksualista < mężczyzna < osoba
Declension
Declension of cieplak
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cieplak | cieplacy/cieplaki (deprecative) |
| genitive | cieplaka | cieplaków |
| dative | cieplakowi | cieplakom |
| accusative | cieplaka | cieplaków |
| instrumental | cieplakiem | cieplakami |
| locative | cieplaku | cieplakach |
| vocative | cieplaku | cieplacy |
References
- ^ Konwicki, Tadeusz (1950), Przy budowie (in Polish), quoted in Doroszewski, Warszawa: Czytelnik, page 18