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Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From chrapa + -ka.
Noun
chrapka f
- diminutive of chrapa (“part of the upper lip surrounding the nostrils in some animals”)
Declension
Etymology 2
From chrapać + -ka.
Noun
chrapka f
- (colloquial, humorous or dialectal, Far Masovian) desire, wish
- Synonyms: chętka, (archaic) oskoma
- Móm chrapkę zenić sie z Maryśko. (Far Masovian) ― I wish to marry Maryśka.
- (obsolete, medicine) dysphonia, hoarseness (hoarse voice)
- Synonym: chrypka
Declension
Further reading
- chrapka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chrapka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- chrapka in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “chrap”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “chrapka”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 105