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Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aja
- Syllabification: szma‧ja
Noun
szmaja m pers or f
- (colloquial, Poznań, Kuyavia) lefty, southpaw
- Synonyms: leworęczny, (regional) lewszun, (colloquial) mańkut, (regional) szmania
Declension
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Noun
szmaja f
- (Kuyavia) left-handedness
- Synonyms: jednoręctwo, mańkuctwo
- jeździć ze szmai ― to drive with one's left-hand
Further reading
- szmaja in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Monika Gruchmanowa, Bogdan Walczak, editors (1997), “szmaja”, in Słownik gwary miejskiej Poznania], Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “szmaja”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 277