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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polъka. By surface analysis, pół + -ka, as in "half a piece (of wood)". Doublet of polka.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uwka
- Syllabification: pół‧ka
Noun
półka f (diminutive półeczka, augmentative póła)
- shelf
- (Kuyavia, in the plural) pillowcases
- Synonyms: poszewki, powłoczki
Declension
Further reading
- półka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- półka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “półki”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275