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Polish
Etymology
From świstać + -ek. First attested in c. 1700.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
świstek m inan (diminutive świsteczek)
- (colloquial) scrap of paper
- (colloquial, derogatory) official document judged by the speaker to be of minor importance (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (obsolete) whistle (sound made by a whistle)
- (obsolete) brochure, small piece, newspaper, magazine (usually of a low standard) (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Declension
References
- ^ Dorota Adamiec (2019 April 5) “ŚWISTEK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading
- świstek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- świstek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “świstek”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “świstek”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 792