kłak

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *klakъ, *tlakъ. Cognates include Old Czech tlaka (“facial hair”), Serbo-Croatian dlaka (“hair”), Old Prussian clokis (“bear”), Lithuanian lokỹs (“bear”) and Latvian lâcis (“bear”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kwak/

Noun

kłak m inan (diminutive kłaczek)

tuft, flock, fluff, wisp
cardings, tangle, clump, hairball (a compact mass of hair that forms in the alimentary canal (especially in the stomach of animals as a result of licking fur) )
shred

Declension

declension of kłak

	singular	plural
nominative	kłak	kłaki
genitive	kłaka	kłaków
dative	kłakowi	kłakom
accusative	kłak	kłaki
instrumental	kłakiem	kłakami
locative	kłaku	kłakach
vocative	kłaku	kłaki

Derived terms

(adjective) kłaczasty

Synonyms

(tuft): pęk
(flock): kosmyk
(wisp): wiecheć
(tangle): kołtun, kudły
(shred): strzęp

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