bawół

See also: bawoł, Bawoł, and Bawół

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish bawół, from Proto-Slavic *byvolъ, *bujьvolъ, from Vulgar Latin *būvalus, from Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.vuw/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -avuw
  • Syllabification: ba‧wół
  • Homophone: Bawół

Noun

bawół m animal (female equivalent bawolica)

  1. male buffalo

Declension

Descendants

  • Lower Sorbian: bawoł

Noun

bawół m pers

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) clumsy or inept person; an oaf; a blunderer (male)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:niezdara

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • bawół in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bawół in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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