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Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish bazyliszek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.ziˈliʃk/
- Rhymes: -iʃk
- Syllabification: ba‧zy‧liszk
Noun
bazyliszk m animal (related adjective bazyliszkòwi)
- basilisk (mythical snake-like dragon, so venomous that even its gaze was deadly)
- basilisk (any tree-dwelling lizard of the genus Basiliscus)
- (derogatory) snake (treacherous person)
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bazyliszek”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bazyliszek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “bazyliszk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022