Noun: ziemniak
Hyphenation: ziem‧niak
Gender: Masculine
Singular
| Nominative | ziemniak |
| Genitive | ziemniaka |
| Dative | ziemniakowi |
| Accusative | ziemniaka |
| Instrumental | ziemniakiem |
| Locative | ziemniaku |
| Vocative | ziemniaku |
Plural
| Nominative | ziemniaki |
| Genitive | ziemniaków |
| Dative | ziemniakom |
| Accusative | ziemniaki |
| Instrumental | ziemniakami |
| Locative | ziemniakach |
| Vocative | ziemniaki |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ziemniak
scalak,
smolik,
skalik,
szyling,
rozchodniak,
bekasik,
ślepik,
ślinik,
futrzak,
prętnik,
zwinnik,
pędrak,
papierzak,
niemowlak,
szóstak,
boczniak,
barglik,
barciak,
bawolik,
abisyńczyk, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē
3. Proto-Slavic *zemь
4. Proto-Indo-European *-nós
5. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-inas
6. Proto-Slavic *-ьnъ
7. Proto-Slavic *zemьnъ
8. Polish ziemny
9. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
10. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
11. Proto-Indo-European *-kos
12. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂kos
13. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀkas
14. Proto-Slavic *-akъ
15. Old Polish -ak
16. Polish -ak
17. Polish ziemniak
18. From ziemny (“pertaining to soil, earth”) + -ak. Compare Slovak zemiak, French pomme de terre (literally “apple of the earth”). See: Slovak Nouns '
zemiak', French Nouns '
pomme de terre'.
Verbs referencing "ziemniak"
Czech Nouns
zemňák.
Translations