ślągwa

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Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Krasnowolski points to German Schlunze - the -wa suggests a native development”)

Pronunciation

Noun

ślągwa f

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) messy woman

Further reading

  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “ślągwa”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 308