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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʂkrap/

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• 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

Further reading

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