gałgan

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Galgen, from Old High German galgo, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gałgan m inan

  1. rag, damaged piece of fabric
  2. (colloquial) clothes, attire
  3. (archaic) sweet flag
    Synonym: tatarak

Declension

Declension of gałgan
singular plural
nominative gałgan gałgany
genitive gałganu gałganów
dative gałganowi gałganom
accusative gałgan gałgany
instrumental gałganem gałganami
locative gałganie gałganach
vocative gałganie gałgany

Noun

gałgan m pers

  1. (colloquial) ne'er-do-well
  2. (dated) pauper

Declension

Declension of gałgan
singular plural
nominative gałgan gałgani/gałgany
genitive gałgana gałganów
dative gałganowi gałganom
accusative gałgana gałganów
instrumental gałganem gałganami
locative gałganie gałganach
vocative gałganie gałgani/gałgany

Further reading

  • gałgan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gałgan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Majewski, Erazm (1894) Słownik nazwisk zoologicznych i botanicznych polskich: Słownik łacińsko-polski‎ (in Polish), page 12
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