wąs
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "was"
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
wąs m inan
Derived terms
adjective
- bezwąsy
- wąsati
nouns
- bezwąsnik
- wąsala
- wąselnik
- wąsnik
- wąsélc
- wąsôk
Further reading
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “wąs”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wąs”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “wąs”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish wąs, from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ. For sense 4, compare English beard.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔw̃s
- Syllabification: wąs
- Homophones: Wąs, Wons
Noun
wąs m inan (diminutive wąsik, augmentative wąsisko)
- (chiefly in the plural) moustache
- whisker, vibrissa
- (botany) tendril
- (botany) awn, beard
- Synonym: ość
- cirrus (tendril-like structure of some animals)
- Synonym: cirrus
- (Near Masovian, construction) transverse pieces parallel to the railing of a tower or a gate hooking on boards
- (Near Masovian) part that is placed in the stone of a horizontal iron under a millstone, in which a vertical iron pin rotates, constituting the axis of the stone
Declension
Declension of wąs
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
phrase
Further reading
- wąs in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wąs in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “wąs”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 371
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