pomagier

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Polish pomagać

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -erbor.

Polish -er

Polish pomagier

From pomagać + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈma.ɡjɛr/

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• Rhymes: -aɡjɛr
• Syllabification: po‧ma‧gier

Noun

pomagier m pers (female equivalent pomagierka)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) minion, henchman

Declension

Declension of pomagier

	singular	plural
nominative	pomagier	pomagierzy/pomagiery (deprecative)
genitive	pomagiera	pomagierów
dative	pomagierowi	pomagierom
accusative	pomagiera	pomagierów
instrumental	pomagierem	pomagierami
locative	pomagierze	pomagierach
vocative	pomagierze	pomagierzy

Further reading

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