słonka
See also: słonką
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈswɔn.ka/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔnka
- Syllabification: słon‧ka
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish słąka, from Proto-Slavic *slǫka.
Alternative forms
- słanka, słąka (Middle Polish)
- słomka (dated)
Noun
słonka f (diminutive słoneczka, related adjective słonczy)
- woodcock (any bird in the genus Scolopax), especially the Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- snipe (dinghy)
Declension
Declension of słonka
Descendants
- → Belarusian: сло́нка (slónka), сло́мка (slómka)
- → Hungarian: szalonka
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
słonka n
- inflection of słonko:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural
Further reading
- słonka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “słomka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna