pała

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pala"

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.wa/
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  • Rhymes: -awa
  • Syllabification: pa‧ła

Etymology 1

Back-formation from pałka.

Noun

pała f

  1. Augmentative of pałka
  2. club, staff (weapon)
    Synonyms: kij, maczuga, obuch
  3. (school slang) F or E (a failing grade in a class or course)
    Synonyms: dwója, jedynka, lufa
  4. (colloquial) head
    Synonyms: bania, baniak, baśka, głowa, główka, głowina, łepetyna, łeb, (literary) skroń, makówka
  5. (slang) cock, penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prącie
  6. (law enforcement, slang) cop
    Synonyms: glina, gliniarz, misiek, pies, smerf
Declension
Declension of pała
singular plural
nominative pała pały
genitive pały pał
dative pale pałom
accusative pałę pały
instrumental pałą pałami
locative pale pałach
vocative pało pały
Derived terms
noun
See also

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pała

  1. third-person singular present of pałać

Further reading

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