daktyl

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Danish

Noun

daktyl

  1. (poetry) dactyl

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Polish

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daktyle

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dactylus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdak.tɘl/
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  • Rhymes: -aktɘl
  • Syllabification: dak‧tyl

Noun

daktyl m animal or m inan (related adjective daktylowy)

  1. date (fruit of the date palm)
  2. (poetry, prosody) dactyl (metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented)

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Further reading

  • daktyl in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • daktyl in Polish dictionaries at PWN