szkrab

Polish

Etymology

Unclear. Perhaps related to dialectal szkraby (“old, crooked, unusable footwear”), the equivalents of which are attested in Czech šráb and Ukrainian шраб (šrab), ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *skrobati (“to scrape, to scratch”), from *skrebti (“to scrape, to rustle”). The original meaning would therefore be “a creature making clumsy movements, accompanied by the sound of scraping”. Compare also dialectal Polish śkrabki (“scabies”).

Possibly borrowed from argot German Schrappen, Schrabbiner, Schrapf, Schrabbiner.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʂkrap/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ap
  • Syllabification: szkrab

Noun

szkrab m animal or m pers (diminutive szkrabik)

  1. (colloquial, endearing) nipper, tot (small child)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis

Declension
Declension of szkrab
singular plural
nominative szkrab szkraby
genitive szkraba szkrabów
dative szkrabowi szkrabom
accusative szkraba szkraby
instrumental szkrabem szkrabami
locative szkrabie szkrabach
vocative szkrabie szkraby

or less frequent:

Declension of szkrab
singular plural
nominative szkrab szkrabi/szkrabowie/szkraby (deprecative)
genitive szkraba szkrabów
dative szkrabowi szkrabom
accusative szkraba szkrabów
instrumental szkrabem szkrabami
locative szkrabie szkrabach
vocative szkrabie szkrabi/szkrabowie

References
  1. Adam Fałowski (2022) Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN

Further reading
  • szkrab in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • szkrab in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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