bajstruk

== Polish == === Pronunciation === (Lesser Poland): (Goral): (Bukovina) IPA(key): [ˈbaj.struk] (Borderlands): (Southern Borderlands) IPA(key): [ˈbaj.struk] (Northern Borderlands) IPA(key): [ˈbaj.struk] === Noun === bajstruk m animal (Bukovina, Southern Borderlands, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Northern Borderlands, Lithuania) alternative form of bastruk (“bastard”) (child born out of wedlock) (Southern Borderlands, Kamianets-Podilskyi) elder spirit (evil spirit sitting under the root of an elder bush who breaks the hand of anyone who digs up the bush) === Further reading === Jan Karłowicz (1900), “bastrak”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 54 Zofia Kurzowa (1985), “bajstruk”, in Polszczyzna Lwowa i Kresów Południowo-Wschodnich do 1939 roku (in Polish), page 135 Greń, Zbigniew; Krasowska, Helena (2008), “bajstruk”, in Słownik górali polskich na Bukowinie (in Polish), Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, page 28