pôlc

Kashubian

Etymology

    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpɞlt͡s/
    • Rhymes: -ɞlt͡s
    • Syllabification: pôlc

    Noun

    pôlc m inan (diminutive pôlck, related adjective pôlcowi)

    1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe
    2. clothes line pole (pole for holding up a clothes line)
    3. turnip cut into long cubes, brewed with boiling water together with potatoes and cooked with goose
    4. snot; booger (material expelled by the nose)

    Further reading

    • Stefan Ramułt (1893), “pôlc”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 130
    • Sychta, Bernard (1970), “palec, palc, pålc”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 4 (P – Ř), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 13
    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “palec”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “palec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
    • pôlc”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022