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Polish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔxɘ
- Syllabification: pło‧chy
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *polxъ.
Adjective
płochy (comparative bardziej płochy, superlative najbardziej płochy, derived adverb płocho)
- (archaic) fickle
- (archaic) thoughtless
- (archaic) skittish
- (archaic) insignificant, trivial
- Synonyms: bagatelny, błahy, nieistotny
- Antonym: niebagatelny
- (Southern Greater Poland) soft, light, frail
Declension
Declension of płochy (hard)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
płochy f
- inflection of płocha:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Further reading
- płochy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- płochy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “płochy”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “płochy”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 31