widlarz

From Ukrainian ві́дділ (víddil, “part, section; a military unit”) +‎ -arz, from Ukrainian Самооборонні кущові відділи (Samooboronni kuščovi viddily) (Self-defense Kushch Units), as the Self-defense Kushch Units was one of the Ukrainian militant groups that took part in mass killings of Polish people in the 1940s, influencing the use of this term to refer to Ukrainians. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.dlaʂ/
• Rhymes: -idlaʂ
• Syllabification: wi‧dlarz
• Homophone: Widlarz

widlarz m pers

1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) khokhol, Ukrainian person

   Synonyms: chachoł, rezun, szoszon, ukr, ukrak, ukrop, Upadliniec

   • 2022, “widlarz”, in nowywyrazy.pl‎^[1], archived from the original on 9 December 2025:

     Mamy miesiąc bójki kacapy kontra widlarze. Jak do tej pory słyszę tylko, że to widlarze wygrywają. Non stop kacapy tracą sprzęt i ludzi. A widlarze?

     It's been a month of the fight between the Russians against the Ukrainians. So far, all I've heard is that the Ukrainians are winning. The Russians are constantly losing equipment and people. And what about the Ukrainians?

• widlarz at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego