knypek

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Polish

Etymology

Perhaps from German Kneip + -ek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknɘ.pɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɘpɛk
  • Syllabification: kny‧pek

Noun

knypek m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) midget, shorty
    Synonym: kurdupel

Declension

Declension of knypek
singular plural
nominative knypek knypkowie/knypki (deprecative)
genitive knypka knypków
dative knypkowi knypkom
accusative knypka knypków
instrumental knypkiem knypkami
locative knypku knypkach
vocative knypku knypkowie

Noun

knypek m inan

  1. (Western Greater Poland) folding knife; small clasp-knife, pocketknife
noun

Further reading

  • knypek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • knypek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “knypek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 27
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