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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *(s)krekъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
skrzek m inan
- screech, squawk (animal vocalization)
- Synonym: skrzekot
- (colloquial, derogatory) screech (human vocalization)
- (zoology) spawn of an amphibian
Declension
Noun
skrzek m animal
- (Southern Greater Poland) Synonym of świerszcz
Further reading
- skrzek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- skrzek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “skrzek”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 31