parsiuk

Belarusian

Noun

parsiuk m animal (genitive [please provide], nominative plural [please provide])

  1. Łacinka spelling of парсю́к (parsjúk)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Polish

Alternative forms

  • porszuk

Etymology

Borrowed from Lithuanian paršiùkas. By surface analysis, Lithuanian par̃šas +‎ -uk. Compare Belarusian парсю́к (parsjúk).

Pronunciation

Noun

parsiuk m animal (diminutive parsiuczek)

  1. (Northern Borderlands) synonym of prosię (“piglet”) (young pig)
    • 1949 [1886], Henryk Sienkiewicz, Potop (Dzieła; 11–16), collective edition, volume V, Warszawa: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, page 69:
      Inni na starostwach siedzą i słoniną jako parsiuki obrośli, a ty[,] stary[,] po dawnemu trzęś brzuszysko na szkapie…
      Others sit on elderships and have overgrown on salo like piglets, and you[,] dude[,] same old same old shaking your belly on a jade…
    • [1931, Stanisław Lam, editor, Trzaski, Everta[,] i Michalskiego leksykon ilustrowany A–Z, Warszawa: Trzaska, Evert[,] i Michalski:
      Parsiuk, lit., prosiak, wieprzak.
      Parsiuk, lt, piglet, young hog.]

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