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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
blekot m inan
- bleating, baaing
Declension
Declension of blekot (hard masculine inanimate)
Further reading
- “blekot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “blekot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish blekot, blegot, from Proto-Slavic *blekotъ. The semantic shift from stutterer to fool's parsley is because of the plants ability to disrupt speech.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈblɛ.kɔt/
- Rhymes: -ɛkɔt
- Syllabification: ble‧kot
Noun
blekot m inan
- fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium)
- Synonyms: szaleń, psia pietruszka
1993, Ewa Nowacka, Emilia z kwiatem lilii leśnej, Siedmioróg:Taki człowiek przez dni wiele jak po blekocie chodził i od rzeczy gadał sam do siebie.- Such a persoh would walk and talk to himself for many days like he had eaten fool's a parsley.
- (Middle Polish) stutterer [2][3]
- Synonym: jąkała
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “blekot”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “blegot”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
- ^ Dorota Adamiec (07.03.2019) “BLEKOT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku
Further reading
- blekot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- blekot in Polish dictionaries at PWN