cęgi

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zange, from Middle High German zange, from Old High German zanga, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ-.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛŋ.ɡi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋɡi
  • Syllabification: cę‧gi

Noun

cęgi nvir pl (diminutive cążki)

  1. pincers, pliers
    Synonyms: kleszcze, obcęgi, szczypce
  2. (of horses, pigs, and ruminants) middle pair of incisor teeth
  3. (Przemyśl) shoemaker's pincers for stretching leather

Declension

Declension of cęgi
plural
nominative cęgi
genitive cęgów
dative cęgom
accusative cęgi
instrumental cęgami
locative cęgach
vocative cęgi

Further reading

  • cęgi in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cęgi in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Aleksander Saloni (1908) “cęgi”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332
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