pies ziemny
Polish
Alternative forms
- piesek ziemny (Western Lublin, Głodno, Biecz dialect, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County)
Etymology
Literally, “ground dog”.
Pronunciation
- (Greater Poland):
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA(key): [ˈpjɛs ˈʑɛm.nɘ]
- (Lesser Poland):
- (Eastern Kraków) IPA(key): [ˈpjɛs ˈʑɛm.nɘ]
- (Lasovia) IPA(key): [ˈpjɛs ˈʑɛm.nɘ]
- (Western Lublin) IPA(key): [ˈpjɛs ˈʑɛm.nɘ]
Noun
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Lasovia, Tarnobrzeg County, Nisko County, Eastern Kraków, Gdów, Bochnia, Western Lublin, Janów Lubelski, Biecz, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County) synonym of chomik
Further reading
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “pies”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 96