cholewa

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See also: Cholewa, cholewą, and Cholewą

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *choľeva. Cognate with Russian халя́ва (xaljáva).

Pronunciation

Noun

cholewa f (diminutive cholewka)

  1. bootleg (top of a high boot)

Declension

Declension of cholewa
singular plural
nominative cholewa cholewy
genitive cholewy cholew
dative cholewie cholewom
accusative cholewę cholewy
instrumental cholewą cholewami
locative cholewie cholewach
vocative cholewo cholewy

Interjection

cholewa

  1. (euphemistic, minced oath) dagnabbit, damn

Further reading

  • cholewa I in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cholewa II in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cholewa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1981), “*choľevъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 8 (*xa – *jьvьlga), Moscow: Nauka, page 59
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