gnyk
Polish
Etymology
Uncertain. Per Bańkowski, inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъmykъ.[1] Brückner proposes a borrowing from German Genick (“nape”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡnɘk/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɘk
- Syllabification: gnyk
Noun
gnyk m inan
- (archaic, anatomy) hyoid bone
- Synonym: kość gnykowa
Declension
Declension of gnyk
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gnyk | gnyki |
| genitive | gnyka | gnyków |
| dative | gnykowi | gnykom |
| accusative | gnyk | gnyki |
| instrumental | gnykiem | gnykami |
| locative | gnyku | gnykach |
| vocative | gnyku | gnyki |
Derived terms
adjective
- gnykowy
verb
- gnykować impf
Related terms
noun
- gnykowanie
References
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “gnyk”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “gnyk”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna