cegła

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See also: cegłą

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German ziegel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛɡwa/
  • Syllabification: ceg‧ła

Noun

cegła f (diminutive cedżełka)

  1. brick (hardened rectangular block of mud, clay, etc., used for building)

Derived terms

adjectives
noun

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “cegła”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1-2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cegła”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • cegła”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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cegły

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German ziegel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛɡ.wa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡwa
  • Syllabification: ceg‧ła

Noun

cegła f (diminutive cegiełka, related adjective ceglany)

  1. brick (hardened rectangular block of mud, clay, etc., used for building)
  2. (derogatory, figurative) thick and uninteresting book
  3. (figurative, humorous) brick (mobile phone, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns

Descendants

  • Belarusian: цэ́гла (céhla)
  • Ukrainian: це́гла (céhla)

Further reading

  • cegła in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cegła in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • cegła in PWN's encyclopedia