lajkonik

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Polish

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Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle High German leich, leichen or lei + konik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lajˈkɔ.ɲik/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔɲik
  • Syllabification: laj‧ko‧nik

Noun

lajkonik m inan

  1. Lajkonik Festival (Polish festival that takes place each year on the first Thursday after the religious holiday of Corpus Christi in Cracow)

Declension

Noun

lajkonik m pers (related adjective lajkonikowy)

  1. Lajkonik (symbol of the Lajkonik Festival represented as a bearded man resembling a Tatar in a characteristic pointed hat, dressed in Mongol attire, with a wooden horse around his waist)

Declension

Further reading

  • lajkonik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lajkonik in Polish dictionaries at PWN