blekot

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈblɛkot]

Noun

blekot m inan

  1. bleating, baaing

Declension

Further reading

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old Polish blegot. The semantic shift from stutterer to fool's parsley is because of the plants ability to disrupt speech.[1]

    Pronunciation

     
    • IPA(key): /ˈblɛ.kɔt/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛkɔt
    • Syllabification: ble‧kot

    Noun

    blekot m inan

    1. fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium) [since the beginning of the 17th century][2]
      Synonyms: szaleń, psia pietruszka
      • 1993, Ewa Nowacka, Emilia z kwiatem lilii leśnej, Siedmioróg:
        Taki człowiek przez dni wiele jak po blekocie chodził i od rzeczy gadał sam do siebie.
        Such a persoh would walk and talk to himself for many days like he had eaten fool's a parsley.

    Declension

    Noun

    blekot m animacy unattested

    1. (Middle Polish) stutterer [16th–mid 17th century][3][2]
      Synonym: jąkała

    Derived terms

    verbs

    References

    1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “blekot”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
    2. 2.0 2.1 Dorota Adamiec (07.03.2019), “blekot, blegot”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
    3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “blegot”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

    Further reading

    Silesian

    Alternative forms

    • blekota

    Etymology

      Inherited from Old Polish blegot.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈblɛ.kɔt/
      • Rhymes: -ɛkɔt
      • Syllabification: ble‧kot

      Noun

      blekot m inan

      1. fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium)
        Synonym: hundspeterzile

      Noun

      blekot m pers

      1. stutterer; yapper (someone speaking unclearly)

      Noun

      blekot m animal

      1. yapper (dog that barks constantly)

      Further reading

      • Małgorzata Iżykowska, Beata Jahołkowska, Krzysztof Kleszcz, Lidia Przymuszała, Bogusław Wyderka, Danuta Lech-Kirstein, Anna Jedynak, Marzena Muszyńska, Kamila Nowak, Agata Haas, editors (2001), “+”, in Słownik gwar śląskich (in Polish), volume 2, Opole, page 162
      • Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023), Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), b, page 76