dipis

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English DPs, an initialism of displaced persons.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.pis/
• Rhymes: -ipis
• Syllabification: di‧pis

Noun

dipis m pers

1. (historical) displaced person (term used by the Allies for people who as a result of the war, found themselves outside their country and want to either return to their country or find a new homeland, but without assistance cannot do so)
   • 2000, Jan Rydel, "Polska okupacja" w północno-zachodnich Niemczech, 1945-1948: nieznany rozdział stosunków polsko-niemieckich:

     Tego rodzaju nadzwyczajne regulacje w dziedzinie opieki nad dipisami byłymi jeńcami rzeczywiście leżały w kompetencji dowództw korpusów i stosowane były również przez wiele innych dowództw alianckich.

     Such extraordinary regulations in the field of care for displaced persons and former prisoners of war were indeed within the competence of corps commands and were also applied by many other Allied commands.

Declension

Declension of dipis

	singular	plural
nominative	dipis	dipisi/dipisy (deprecative)
genitive	dipisa	dipisów
dative	dipisowi	dipisom
accusative	dipisa	dipisów
instrumental	dipisem	dipisami
locative	dipisie	dipisach
vocative	dipisie	dipisi

Further reading

• dipis in Polish dictionaries at PWN