pałka

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See also: pálka, pałką, palka, and Palka

Lower Sorbian

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Verb

pałka

  1. third-person singular present of pałkaś

Noun

pałka f

  1. the wash, laundry

Declension

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *palъka. By surface analysis, pała +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -awka
  • Syllabification: pał‧ka

Noun

pałka f (diminutive pałeczka, augmentative pała)

  1. cudgel, club
  2. truncheon, baton
  3. cattail (any plant of the genus Typha)
  4. (Żywiec, anatomy) Synonym of głowa

Declension

Further reading

  • pałka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pałka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Izydor Kopernicki (1875) “pałka”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 374