wąs

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "was"

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

wąs m inan

  1. (chiefly in the plural) moustache
  2. whisker, vibrissa

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “wąs”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wąs”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • “wąs”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka, Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish wąs, from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ. For sense 4, compare English beard.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔw̃s/, /ˈvɔns/

Noun

wąs m inan (diminutive wąsik, augmentative wąsisko)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) moustache
  2. whisker, vibrissa
  3. (botany) tendril
  5. (botany) awn, beard
    Synonym: ość
  6. cirrus (tendril-like structure of some animals)
    Synonym: cirrus
  7. (Near Masovian, construction) transverse pieces parallel to the railing of a tower or a gate hooking on boards
  8. (Near Masovian) part that is placed in the stone of a horizontal iron under a millstone, in which a vertical iron pin rotates, constituting the axis of the stone

Declension

Declension of wąs
singular plural
nominative wąs wąsy
genitive wąsa wąsów
dative wąsowi wąsom
accusative wąs wąsy
instrumental wąsem wąsami
locative wąsie wąsach
vocative wąsie wąsy

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
phrase

Further reading

  • wąs in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wąs in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “wąs”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 371
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