grzebień

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Polish

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grzebień

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *greby.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɛbjɛɲ
  • Syllabification: grze‧bień

Noun

grzebień m inan (diminutive grzebyk)

  1. comb (toothed implement for grooming the hair)
  2. comb of a bird
  3. crest
    Synonyms: grań, kita
  4. ridge
    Synonyms: grzbiet, kalenica, pręga
  5. (Near Masovian) iron notch] in the head of a plough on which a wheel with a chain from a cart is placed (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

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Further reading

  • grzebień in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • grzebień in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “grzebień”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364