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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡmin/
- Rhymes: -in
- Syllabification: gmin
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish gmin, from Middle High German gemein, from Old High German gimeini, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Doublet of gmina.
Noun
gmin m inan
- (collective, archaic) populace, rabble
- Synonyms: lud, pospólstwo, tłuszcza
- (collective, obsolete) crowd, throng
- Synonyms: ciżba, gromada, rzesza, tłum
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
gmin
- genitive plural of gmina
Further reading
- gmin in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- gmin in Polish dictionaries at PWN