husarz

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian huszár, from Serbo-Croatian gusar, from Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursārius, from Latin cursus, from currō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-. Doublet of korsarz (“corsair”) and huzar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxu.saʂ/

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• Rhymes: -usaʂ
• Syllabification: hu‧sarz

Noun

husarz m pers

1. (historical, military) hussar (heavy cavalry of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth)

Declension

Declension of husarz

	singular	plural
nominative	husarz	husarze
genitive	husarza	husarzy/husarzów
dative	husarzowi	husarzom
accusative	husarza	husarzy/husarzów
instrumental	husarzem	husarzami
locative	husarzu	husarzach
vocative	husarzu	husarze

Derived terms

adjective

• husarski

nouns

• husaria
• husarstwo

Further reading

• “husarz”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “husarz”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)