beocki

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Polish

Etymology

From Beocja +‎ -cki.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛˈɔt͡s.ki/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔt͡ski
  • Syllabification: be‧oc‧ki

Adjective

beocki (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (historical) Boeotian (pertaining to Boeotia)
    • 2008, Zygmunt Kubiak, Mitologia Greków i Rzymian:
      Kiedy nocą dojechali w pobliże beockiego miasta Haliartos i zatrzymali się u zdroju zwanego Tilfussa, Tejrezjasz, spragniony, napił się z niego i umarł od tej wody [].
      When at night they arrived near the Boeotian town of Haliartus and stopped by a spring called Tilphussa, Tiresias, thirsty, drank from it and died from the water .
  2. Boeotian (absurd or foolish)
    Synonym: abderycki
    • 1932, Aleksander Brückner, Kultura polska 1795-1862:
      [] Galicja przynajmniej ocknęła się ze snu beockiego dopiero po roku 1830 i wskutek niego.
      Galicia, at least, woke up from its Boeotian dream only after the year 1830 and as a consequence of it.

Declension

Further reading

  • beocki in Polish dictionaries at PWN