kóń

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Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koňь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwoɲ/
  • Syllabification: kóń

Noun

kóń m animal (diminutive kònik, augmentative kòniszcze, related adjective kóńsczi)

  1. horse (hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work)
    1. someone dressed up as a horse for traditional celebrations
  2. (spinning) oblong form of a spinning reel
  3. (obsolete, spinning) gear wheel of loom that rotates the shaft
  4. (chiefly in the plural) large wave on a lake

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “kòń”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 73
  • Bernard Sychta (1967–1973) “ko̊ń”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich, volume 2, page 195
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “koń”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “koń”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • kóń”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Lower Sorbian

dwa kónja

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koňь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɨnʲ/, /kɛnʲ/, (dated) /kʊnʲ/

Noun

kóń m animal

  1. horse

Declension

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish koń.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Syllabification: kóń

Noun

kóń m inan

  1. horse (hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work)
    1. mask in the form of a horse with a wooden head that people don in disguise during Christmas, New Year and Shrovetide
  2. (construction) a specific beam in a certain type of roof structure

Further reading

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “koń”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 3, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 275

Slovincian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koňь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkon/
  • Syllabification: kóń

Noun

kóń m animal (related adjective kóńskjy)

  1. horse (hoofed mammal, Equus ferus caballus, often used throughout history for riding and draft work)

Further reading

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *koňь.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kóń m animal

  1. horse

Declension

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