kłęk

See also: klek, Klek, klęk, and Klęk

Polish
kłęk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klǫkъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from klęknąć. Originally dialectal, reintroduced in 1902 in sense 1.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kwɛŋk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋk
  • Syllabification: kłęk

Noun

kłęk m inan

  1. coffee tree (any plant of the genus Gymnocladus)
  2. (dialectal, botany) stump, piece of knot, broken off branch

Declension
Declension of kłęk
singular plural
nominative kłęk kłęki
genitive kłęku kłęków
dative kłękowi kłękom
accusative kłęk kłęki
instrumental kłękiem kłękami
locative kłęku kłękach
vocative kłęku kłęki

Further reading
  • kłęk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kłęk”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 1, →ISBN, pages 717–718
  • Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “kłęk”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes II: K—Kot, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 256
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