łusk

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See also: lusk, and Lusk

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *luskъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɫuːsk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɫusk/

Noun

łusk m animacy unattested

  1. peel, rind, skin
    Synonyms: łupina, łuszczyny, skorupa
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 949:
      Lusk canderes
      [Łusk canderes]
  2. yellow rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
    • 1900 [ca 1465], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 4143:
      Llusk arunca
      [Łusk arunca]
nouns

References

  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “łusk”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN