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Polish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -irk
- Syllabification: świrk
Etymology 1
See świerk.
Noun
świrk m inan
- (obsolete or dialectal) Alternative form of świerk (“spruce”)
Etymology 2
See świerszcz.
Noun
świrk m animal
- (dialectal) Alternative form of świerszcz (“cricket”)
Declension
Etymology 3
See świr.
Noun
świrk m animal
- (Lviv) Alternative form of świr (“crazy person”)
Etymology 4
Onomatopoeic.
Noun
świrk m inan
- (Far Masovian) birdsong
Further reading
- świrk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “świrk”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 122