jenerał

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See also: jeneral and jenerál

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jɛˈnɛ.raw/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /jɛˈnɛ.rɒɫ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛraw
  • Syllabification: je‧ne‧rał

Noun

jenerał m pers (related adjective jeneralski)

  1. Obsolete form of generał.
    • 1834, Adam Mickiewicz, chapter I, in Pan Tadeusz, page 49, lines 918–919:
      On opowiadał jako Jenerał Dąbrowski
      Z ziemi Włoskiéj stara się przyciągnąć do Polski
      He would relate how General Dombrowski was making efforts to penetrate from the Italian land into Poland
    • 1844, Juliusz Słowacki, Sowiński w okopach Woli [Sowinski in the Trenches of Wola], published 1909, lines 1–4:
      W starym kościołku na Woli
      Został jenerał Sowiński,
      Starzec o drewnianej nodze,
      I wrogom się broni szpadą
      In the old churchhouse of Wola,
      General Sowinski remained,
      Old man with a wooden leg,
      Defending himself with a sword

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