szczupak

== Polish == === Alternative forms === szczypak (Central Greater Poland) szczypok (Poznań) scypák (Near Masovian, Wola Rębkowska) === Etymology === From Old Polish szczupać (“to pinch”), from Proto-Slavic *ščukati. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʂt͡ʂu.pak/ Rhymes: -upak Syllabification: szczu‧pak === Noun === szczupak m animal (diminutive szczupaczek or (dialectal) szczublak) pike, pickerel (fish of the genus Esox), especially the northern pike (Esox lucius) (soccer) diving header (obsolete, prison slang) folding knife ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === szczupak m pers (diminutive szczupaczek) (colloquial) someone who is very thin; toothpick Synonyms: see Thesaurus:chudzielec === Further reading === “szczupak”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “szczupak”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)