ogonek

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See also: Ogonek

English

WOTD – 28 December 2006
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Etymology

From Polish ogonek (literally “little tail”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊɡənɛk/, /ɒˈɡɒnɛk/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊɡənɛk/
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  • IPA(key): /ɔˈɡɔnɛk/ (using the original Polish pronunciation of the word)
  • Rhymes: -ɒnɛk

Noun

ogonek (plural ogoneks)

  1. (orthography) A hook-shaped diacritical mark ⟨◌̨⟩ attached underneath a vowel, typically to indicate nasalization, as in Ąą, Ęę, Įį, Ǫǫ or Ųų.
    Hypernym: diacritical hook
    • 2023, Mia Cinelli, Giving Type Meaning: Context and Craft in Typography‎, Bloomsbury, →ISBN:
      The pangram “Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig” (To push a hedgehog or eight boxes of figs into that boat) highlights a few of the language-specific diacritical marks, such as L with stroke (ł) and ogoneks (ą, ę) necessary to write in Polish—demonstrating how a writing system can accommodate many languages with thorough character inclusion.

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Translations

Polish

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Etymology

From ogon (“tail”) +‎ -ek.

Pronunciation

Noun

ogonek m inan (diminutive ogoneczek, related adjective ogonkowy)

  1. Diminutive of ogon
  2. (botany) stem, stalk, petiole
  3. queue
  4. (orthography) ogonek (diacritical mark)
  5. (orthography, by extension, nonstandard) any diacritical mark
    • 1999 April 23, Andrzej Bigus, Ogolnie syf‎:
      Ponieważ jednak znaczek "ł" nie występuję w iso-8859-1, a że uskuteczniam wymianę pocztową z zagranicznikami, postanowiłem, że nieoficjalnie imię będę pisał tak, jak w pisowni oryginalnej, tj. Tomislav (w dowodzie mam Tomisław), nazwisko zaś okroję z ogonka nad "ń".
      Because as it turns out the letter "ł" doesn't show up in iso-8859-1, and the fact I'm realizing the postal exchange with foreigners, I decided that I'll unoffocially write my name in its original orthography, that is Tomislav (on my ID I have Tomisław), and I cut out the diacritic over "ń" in my last name.
    • 2000, Kazimierz Ożog, editor, Polonistyka zintegrowana, page 60:
      […] dopisano ogonki, czyli znaki diakrytyczne, by oznaczyć takimi literami np. głoski ż, ś, ć, ę, ą.
      Ogoneks are added, in other words diacritic marks in order to mark them with these letters, e.g. the sounds ż, ś, ć, ę, ą.
    • 2003, Bartek Chaciński, Wypasiony słownik najmłodszej polszczyzny, page 91:
      Ten zawiera wszystkie potrzebne "ogonki", to znaczy ą, ę, ć, ł i tak dalej."
      This one contains all the needed diacritics, that is ą, ę, ć, ł and so forth.

Declension

Declension of ogonek
singular plural
nominative ogonek ogonki
genitive ogonka ogonków
dative ogonkowi ogonkom
accusative ogonek ogonki
instrumental ogonkiem ogonkami
locative ogonku ogonkach
vocative ogonku ogonki

Related terms

adjectives
nouns

Descendants

Further reading

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