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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish dęga, from Proto-Slavic *dǫga. Compare Czech duha, Lithuanian dangà, Russian дуга́ (dugá), Serbo-Croatian ду́га, Slovak dúha.
Pronunciation
Noun
dęga f
- (Far Masovian) wale (bar at a tower extending from one half to the other, in order to catch its end with a bolt and thus close the tower)
Further reading
- dęga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Waga (1860) “dęga”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 751