klek

See also: Klek, klęk, Klęk, and kłęk

Czech

Etymology

Deverbal from klekat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈklɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

klek m inan

  1. (exercise) kneeling position
  2. (dialectal) crooked tree

Declension

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Noun

klek m inan

  1. arrow (projectile)

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “klek”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “klek”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

klek m animal

  1. (Far Masovian, Kolno) synonym of bocian

Etymology 2

See klęk.

Noun

klek m inan

  1. (Western Kraków, Eastern Kraków, Gmina Stopnica) alternative form of klęk (lower part of an ard)

Further reading

  • Jan Karłowicz (1901) “klęk”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 367