baranek
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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish baranek. By surface analysis, baran + -ek.
Pronunciation
Noun
baranek m animal (diminutive baraneczek)
- Diminutive of baran
- male lamb
- Coordinate term: owieczka
Noun
baranek m animal
- lambskin
- common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- (colloquial) lamb, sweetheart, sweetie (a nice, gentle person)
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) frizz (very curly, short hair)
- (colloquial) cirrocumulus cloud
- (colloquial, construction) a thick, uneven layer of daub
Declension
Declension of baranek
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Noun
baranek m inan
- vitex (plant of the genus Vitex)
- Synonyms: niepokalanek, czystodrzew, czysty krzew
- baranek czysty ― chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)
Declension
Declension of baranek
Further reading
- baranek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- baranek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “niepokalanek”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 310