ząb
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Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
ząb m inan
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish ząb, from Proto-Slavic *zǫbъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źámbas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Cognate with Sanskrit जम्भ (jámbha, “tooth, tusk”) and English comb.
Pronunciation
Noun
ząb m inan (diminutive ząbek, augmentative zębisko)
- tooth
- (Near Masovian) certain part of a harrow
Declension
Declension of ząb
Derived terms
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
proverbs
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Further reading
- ząb in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ząb in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “ząb”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 371