полицай

See also: полицаи

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Polizei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poliˈt͡saj]

Noun

полица́й • (policáj) m (feminine полица́йка, relational adjective полице́йски)

1. police officer, policeman

Declension

Declension of полица́й

	singular	plural
indefinite	полица́й policáj	полица́и policái
definite (subject form)	полица́ят policájat	полица́ите policáite
definite (object form)	полица́я policája
vocative form	полица́ю policáju	полица́и policái

References

• “полицай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “полицай”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from German Polizei, from Medieval Latin policia, from Late Latin polītīa. Doublet of полиция (policija).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔˈlit͡saj]
• Rhymes: -it͡saj
• Hyphenation: по‧ли‧цай

Noun

полицай (policaj) m pers (related adjective полицайски)

1. police officer

   Synonym: полицаєц (policajec)

Declension

Declension of полицай

	singular	plural
nominative	полицай policaj	полицає policaje
genitive	полицая policaja	полицайох policajox
dative	полицайови policajovi	полицайом policajom
accusative	полицая policaja	полицайох policajox
instrumental	полицайом policajom	полицаями policajami
locative	полицайови policajovi	полицайох policajox
vocative	полицай policaj	полицає policaje

Related terms

adjectives

• полицийни (policijni)
• полицийски (policijski)

 

nouns

• полиция f (policija)

 

References

• Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “полицай”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
• Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “policeman”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 216

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Polizei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pəlʲɪˈt͡saj]

Noun

полица́й • (policáj) m anim (genitive полица́я, nominative plural полица́и, genitive plural полица́ев)

1. (historical, offensive) Hipo, Schutzmann (collaborationist auxiliary policeman working for the Nazi German occupation forces during World War II)
2. (slang) cop (police officer)

Declension

Declension of полица́й (anim masc-form vowel-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	полица́й policáj	полица́и policái
genitive	полица́я policája	полица́ев policájev
dative	полица́ю policáju	полица́ям policájam
accusative	полица́я policája	полица́ев policájev
instrumental	полица́ем policájem	полица́ями policájami
prepositional	полица́е policáje	полица́ях policájax