zelga

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Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from zelżyć.

Pronunciation

Noun

zelga f

  1. (Kielce) Synonym of ulga
  2. (Podegrodzie) Synonym of odpoczynek

Further reading

  • Jan Łoś (1886) “zelga”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 190
  • Karol Mátyás (1891) “zelga”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 332