piła

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

piła

From Proto-Slavic *pila, a borrowing from Old High German fila. See modern German Feile.

Cognate with Upper Sorbian piła, Polish piła, Czech pila, Serbo-Croatian píla, and Russian пила́ (pilá).

Noun

piła f (diminutive piłka)

  1. saw (tool)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

piła

  1. feminine singular of pił

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “piła”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “piła”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.wa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iwa
  • Syllabification: pi‧ła
  • Homophone: Piła

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pila. Compare German Feile.

Noun

piła f (diminutive piłka)

  1. saw, file (tool with a toothed blade used for cutting hard substances, in particular wood or metal)
  2. sawfish (any ray of the family Pristidae)
    Synonym: ryba piła
Declension
Derived terms
nouns
verbs

Etymology 2

Back-formation from piłka.

Noun

piła f

  1. (colloquial) Augmentative of piłka
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

piła

  1. third-person singular feminine past of pić

Further reading

  • piła in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • piła in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • piła in PWN's encyclopedia

Upper Sorbian

piła

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiwa/
  • Rhymes: -iwa
  • Hyphenation: pi‧ła
  • Syllabification: pi‧ła

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pĩlà, *pilà. Cognate with Lower Sorbian piła.

Noun

piła f (diminutive piłka, related adjective piłowy)

  1. file, saw (instrument formed by a long, toothed steel blade, used to cut wood, stone, metals, etc.)
  2. sawmill (workshop where wood is sawn)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

piła

  1. feminine singular l-participle of pić

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