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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish wdowa, from Proto-Slavic *vьdova, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvdɔ.va/
- Rhymes: -ɔva
- Syllabification: wdo‧wa
Noun
wdowa f (male equivalent wdowiec)
- widow (woman whose spouse has died)
- any spider of the genus Latrodectus; widow spider
- (typography) widow
- Synonym: bękart
Declension
Further reading
- wdowa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wdowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN