karzeł
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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish karzeł, from Middle High German karl, karle, from Old High German karl, karal, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, diminutive of *karaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-.
Pronunciation
Noun
karzeł m animal (female equivalent karlica, diminutive karzełek or karlik, related adjective karli or karłowy)
- dwarf (short mythical humanoid)
- midget, dwarf (unusually short person)
- runt, dwarf (unusually small animal or plant)
- midget, dwarf (something relatively bad in some characteristic or in some area) (usually with a specifying adjective describing it)
- 2011 December 29, “Jerzy Buzek: Unia to gospodarczy gigant i polityczny karzeł”, in Rzeczpospolita, archived from the original on 2022-03-15:
- Unia to gospodarczy gigant i polityczny karzeł.
- The Union is a giant in economics and a midget in politics.
- (astronomy) dwarf star (unusually dim star)
Declension
Declension of karzeł
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- karłowacieć impf, skarłowacieć pf