motłoch
Polish
Etymology
Potentially borrowed from Ukrainian мотлох (motlox),[1] from Proto-Slavic *motъloxъ, ultimately from *motati, from *mestì.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔt.wɔx/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔtwɔx
- Syllabification: mot‧łoch
- Homophone: Motłoch
Noun
motłoch m inan
- (collective, derogatory) rabble, riffraff, mob (unruly group of people)
- (collective, derogatory) the people, hoi polloi (ordinary citizens of a country as opposed to the elites)
Declension
References
- motłoch in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “motłoch”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
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