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Polish
Etymology
From sęk + -aty.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛŋˈka.tɘ/
- Rhymes: -atɘ
- Syllabification: sę‧ka‧ty
Adjective
sękaty (comparative bardziej sękaty, superlative najbardziej sękaty, derived adverb sękato)
- gnarled, gnarly, knarry, knobbly, knotty
- Synonyms: sęczasty, sękowaty
- (figurative) synonym of chropowaty (“rugged”)
- (figurative) synonym of zacięty (“stubborn”)
Declension
Declension of sękaty (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- sękaty in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- sękaty in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “sękaty”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 80
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “sęk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna