laboga

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of la +‎ Boga.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɡa
  • Syllabification: la‧bo‧ga

Interjection

laboga

  1. (colloquial, dialectal, Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Central Greater Poland) good grief; used to express surprise, shock, or indignation
    Synonyms: (archaic) przebóg, rany, rety

Derived terms

verb

Further reading

  • laboga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • laboga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “laboga”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 304
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “la-Boga”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19