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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.wa/
- Rhymes: -awa
- Syllabification: pa‧ła
Etymology 1
Back-formation from pałka.
Noun
pała f
- Augmentative of pałka
- club, staff (weapon)
- Synonyms: kij, maczuga, obuch
- (school slang) F or E (a failing grade in a class or course)
- Synonyms: dwója, jedynka, lufa
- (colloquial) head
- Synonyms: bania, baniak, baśka, głowa, główka, głowina, łepetyna, łeb, (literary) skroń, makówka
- (slang) cock, penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prącie
- (law enforcement, slang) cop
- Synonyms: glina, gliniarz, misiek, pies, smerf
Declension
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pała
- third-person singular present of pałać
Further reading
- pała in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pała in Polish dictionaries at PWN