gwizd

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Polish

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Etymology

Deverbal from gwizdać.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ist
  • Syllabification: gwizd
  • Homophone: Gwizd

Noun

gwizd m inan

  1. whistle (sound made by whistling)
  2. similar sound made by some bird species
  3. (hunting) snout of a wild boar

Declension

Declension of gwizd
singular plural
nominative gwizd gwizdy
genitive gwizdu gwizdów
dative gwizdowi gwizdom
accusative gwizd gwizdy
instrumental gwizdem gwizdami
locative gwiździe gwizdach
vocative gwiździe gwizdy

Noun

gwizd m pers

  1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) person dressed as a devil or an animal celebrating Christmas Eve by going from house to house to scare or give presents to children
    Synonyms: gwizdor, gwizduch

Further reading

  • gwizd in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gwizd in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879), “gwizd”, 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 303
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