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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsku.wa/
- Rhymes: -uwa
- Syllabification: sku‧ła
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Russian скула́ (skulá).[1]
Noun
skuła f
- (rare, anatomy) cheekbone
- Synonym: kość policzkowa
- (archaic) cheek (part of face)
- Synonyms: policzek, polik
- (archaic, pathology) ulcer (open sore)
- Synonyms: wrzodzianka, wrzód
- (archaic, veterinary medicine) lameness in cattle
Declension
References
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
skuła
- third-person singular feminine past of skuć
Further reading
- skuła in Polish dictionaries at PWN