pułap
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See also: pulap
Polish
Etymology
From earlier połap, from German Vorlaube.
Pronunciation
Noun
pułap m inan (related adjective pułapowy)
- (archaic or dialectal, Masuria, Kielce, Przemyśl) wooden ceiling
- Synonym: powała
- (figurative) ceiling, limit
- (aviation) ceiling (the highest altitude at which an aircraft can safely maintain flight)
Declension
Declension of pułap
Further reading
- pułap in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pułap in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Kazimierz Nitsch (1907) “pułap”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 391
- Aleksander Saloni (1908) “pułap”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 340
- Jan Łoś (1886) “pułap”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 188