onuca

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See also: onucą

Polish

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onuca

Alternative forms

  • onucza (dated, influenced by Russian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onuťa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔˈnut͡sa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ut͡sa
  • Syllabification: o‧nu‧ca

Noun

onuca f (diminutive onucka)

  1. footwrap (strip of cloth worn around the feet)
  2. (derogatory, neologism) pro-Russian propagandist (person spreading propaganda for Russia)

Declension

Further reading

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

Slovak

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onuca

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onuťa.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

onuca f (diminutive onucka)

  1. footwrap (strip of cloth worn around the feet)
    Synonym: ovinovačka
  2. (derogatory) doormat (someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “onuca”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 403

Further reading

  • onuca”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024