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malac

Pronunciation: [ˈmɒlɒt͡s]

“malac” is a Hungarian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. pig, piglet (a young pig)
  2. pig (a sloppy, dirty, improperly eating child; a foul-mouthed adult)
  3. luck

adjective

  1. dirty
  2. dirty, naughty, obscene, foul-mouthed

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Slovene. Compare Slovene mládec (“young man”) (plural mládci, which may be the direct source of the Hungarian form), mladič (“young animal”), and mlad (“young”). Compare also Serbo-Croatian mládac, mlàdīć. For sense 3, compare German Schwein haben (“to have a swine/to be lucky”).

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