parkan

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Finnish

Noun

parkan

  1. genitive singular of parka

Polish

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German parkan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpar.kan/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arkan
  • Syllabification: par‧kan

Noun

parkan m inan (diminutive parkanik)

  1. paling, fence (especially a wooden one)
    Synonym: płot
    • 2000, Andrzej Kownacki, Czy było warto?: Wspomnienia, Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, archived from the original on 2022-07-14, page 474:
      W ten sposób, bardzo już pomęczeni, dotarliśmy do jakiegoś obozu, gdzie stały drewniane baraki, otoczone parkanem z drutów kolczastych.
      In this way, already very tired, we reached some camp, where there stood wooden barracks surrounded by a fence of barbed wire.

Declension

Further reading

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