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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic وَدَك (wadak).
Pronunciation
Noun
widek m
- rottenness
- corruption
Mokilese
Verb
widek
- (intransitive) to pour
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -idɛk
- Syllabification: wi‧dek
Etymology 1
Variation of widok. First attested in the 20th century.[1]
Noun
widek m inan
- (obsolete or regional) Alternative form of widok.
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hungarian vidék.[2] First attested in the 16th century.[3] Compare Slovak vidiek.
Noun
widek m inan
- (Middle Polish or regional) region; country; county
References
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “widek”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 548
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “widek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “widek”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading
- Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume 1, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, 1904, page 310