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Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Viertel. Compare Greater Polish and Masovian Polish wiertel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvjɛr.tɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛrtɛl
- Syllabification: wier‧tel
Noun
wiertel m inan
- quarter of an hour
- quarter (one of four equal parts)
- Synonyms: czwiartka, czwierc
Derived terms
References
- Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “Viertel”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kwadrans, ćwiartka, ćwierć”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kwadrans, ćwiartka, ćwierć”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “wiertel”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka, Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Viertel. Compare Kashubian wiertel.
Pronunciation
Noun
wiertel m inan (diminutive wiertelik)
- (Central Greater Poland, Far Masovian) half a bushel of grain
Further reading
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “ẃertel”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 124
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “wiertel”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 25