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Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščùka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ʃʲt͡ʃʲuka/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /ʃʲt͡ʃʲuka/
Noun
szczuka f
- (attested in Masovia) northern pike (Esox lucius)
1950 [1479], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 1504, Warsaw:Jako ja nye wszethl... do sthawv sz oscza anym vlovil sczvk za pol kopy- [Jako ja nie wszedł... do stawu z ością anim ułowił szczuk za poł kopy]
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