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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Drach, Drache, Drachen. Compare Silesian drach and Slovincian drach.
Pronunciation
Noun
drach m inan
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Żywiec) Synonym of latawiec (“kite”) (flying toy on string)
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “drach”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 301
- Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “drach”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 355
Silesian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Drach, Drache, Drachen. Compare dialectal Polish drach and Slovincian drach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrax/
- Rhymes: -ax
- Syllabification: drach
Noun
drach m animal
- dragon (legendary serpentine or reptilian creature)
Noun
drach m inan
- kite (lightweight toy)
Further reading
Slovincian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Drache. Compare dialectal Polish drach and Silesian drach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrax/
- Rhymes: -ax
- Syllabification: drach
Noun
drach m animal (related adjective drachôwy)
- dragon (legendary serpentine or reptilian creature)
Further reading