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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔˈkrɘ.va/
- Rhymes: -ɘva
- Syllabification: po‧kry‧wa
Etymology 1
Deverbal from pokrywać.
Noun
pokrywa f (diminutive pokrywka)
- blanket
- cover
- tectum (dorsal part of the midbrain)
- (ornithology) covert, tectrix (type of feather)
- (botany) involucral bract
- (entomology) elytron
- Synonym: (less common) okrywa
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
pokrywa
- third-person singular present of pokrywać
Further reading
- pokrywa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pokrywa in Polish dictionaries at PWN