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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Hebrew מקווה / מִקְוֶה (mikvé). The internal vowel arose through conflation with myć (“to wash with water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɘ.kfa/
- Rhymes: -ɘkfa
- Syllabification: my‧kwa
Noun
mykwa f
- (Judaism) mikveh
Declension
Further reading
- mykwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN