szkapa

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See also: szkapą

Polish

szkapa

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps inherited from Proto-Slavic *skapa, from *skopiti. Compare Ukrainian шка́па (škápa).

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -apa
  • Syllabification: szka‧pa

Noun

szkapa f (diminutive szkapina or szkapka, augmentative szkapisko or szkapsko)

  1. jade (horse that is scrawny or in poor condition)
    Synonyms: chabeta, (dialectal) chudoba, (dialectal) marcha, muc, rosynant

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Further reading

  • szkapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • szkapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Aleksander Saloni (1899) “szkapa”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 245 (425)