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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xvostъ. Cognate with Russian хвост (xvost).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔst
- Syllabification: chwost
Noun
chwost m inan
- (regional) tail
- Synonym: ogon
- (Żywiec) cattle's tail
- Alternative form: (Żywiec) kwost
- (archaic) tassel (decorative element)
- Synonym: chwast
- (Żywiec) cabbage leaves; cabbage that has not formed heads
Declension
Further reading
- chwost in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- chwost in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “chwost”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 354