mańka

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See also: manka, Manka, Mańka, mańką, Mańką, and -manka

Polish

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -aɲka
  • Syllabification: mań‧ka
  • Homophone: Mańka

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian manca. First attested in 1612.[1] Doublet of manko.

Noun

mańka f

  1. (archaic or dialectal, Far Masovian) left hand
Declension
Declension of mańka
singular plural
nominative mańka mańki
genitive mańki maniek
dative mańce mańkom
accusative mańkę mańki
instrumental mańką mańkami
locative mańce mańkach
vocative mańko mańki
Derived terms
adjective
verb

Etymology 2

Due to the phonetic similarity with the word Maria.

Noun

mańka f

  1. (slang) marihuana, weed
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marihuana
Declension
Declension of mańka
singular
nominative mańka
genitive mańki
dative mańce
accusative mańkę
instrumental mańką
locative mańce
vocative mańko

References

  1. ^ Ewa Rodek (23.05.2019) “MAŃKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

  • mańka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “mańka”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 113
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