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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish karw, a back-formation from karwa, from Proto-Slavic *kòrva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kárˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-weh₂, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkarf/
- Rhymes: -arf
- Syllabification: karw
Noun
karw m animal
- (obsolete) old languid ox
- Hypernym: wół
Declension
Further reading
- karw in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Silesian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkarf/
- Rhymes: -arf
- Syllabification: karw
Noun
karw m animal
- ox
Further reading
- Bogdan Kallus (2020) “karw”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 320