żbik

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See also: zbik and Żbik

Polish

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żbik

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish zbik. The current form is a result of hypercorrection to avoid mazuration.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -ik
  • Syllabification: żbik
  • Homophone: Żbik

Noun

żbik m animal (related adjective żbiczy)

  1. wildcat (Felis silvestris)

Declension

Noun

żbik m pers

  1. (Kociewie, Malbork) wild or playful boy

Further reading

  • żbik in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • żbik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “żbik”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 748
  • Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “żbik”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 160