gżegżółka

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish gżegżółka, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *žegъzuľa with the expected consonantism ż...gz deformed into a reduplicative shape. Cognate with Lithuanian gegužė̃, Latvian dzeguze, Old Prussian geguse, Old East Slavic жегъзулꙗ (žegŭzulja).

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -uwka
  • Syllabification: gżeg‧żół‧ka

Noun

gżegżółka f

  1. (dated) cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
    Synonyms: kukułka, zazula, zozula
  2. (Malbork) type of swallow that makes its nest in a chimney or hole in the ground
    Hypernym: jaskółka

Declension

Declension of gżegżółka
singular plural
nominative gżegżółka gżegżółki
genitive gżegżółki gżegżółek
dative gżegżółce gżegżółkom
accusative gżegżółkę gżegżółki
instrumental gżegżółką gżegżółkami
locative gżegżółce gżegżółkach
vocative gżegżółko gżegżółki

Further reading

  • gżegżółka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gżegżółka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “grzegrzółka”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 744
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