pokot
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Polish
Etymology
Back-formation from pokotem (“side by side”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
pokot m inan
- (hunting) totality of game killed during a hunt arranged or hung according to a hierarchy of species
- Synonym: rozkład
- 2009 October 30, Kinga Trubicka, “Zagrały myśliwskie rogi”, in Dziennik Bałtycki, "Polskapresse". Oddział "Prasa Prasa Bałtycka":
- Całość tradycji związanych z dniem św. Huberta dopełnili myśliwi z Koła Łowieckiego Bielsko, którzy po polowaniu przed pałacem złożyli swój pokot i nagrodzili najlepszych strzelców.
- All the traditions associated with St. Hubert was complemented by hunters from the Bielsko Hunting Association, who, after hunting in front of the palace, laid down their killed game and awarded the best shooters.
- (hunting) end of hunt ceremony in which the amount of killed game is measured, placed on the ground in the above described manner, certain signals are sounded, and the king of the hunt is proclaimed
- Synonym: rozkład
- 2000 November 6, Ryszard Wenta, “Msza i polowanie”, in Dziennik Bałtycki, "Polskapresse". Oddział "Prasa Prasa Bałtycka":
- Tym razem zamiast pokotu było ognisko, a polowanie przełożono na inny termin.
- This time instead of a side-by-side hunt ceremony there was a bonfire, and the hunt was rescheduled to a different time.
Declension
Declension of pokot
References
- ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “pokot”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN