onuca
See also: onucą
Polish
Alternative forms
- onucza (dated, influenced by Russian)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onuťa.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ut͡sa
- Syllabification: o‧nu‧ca
Noun
onuca f (diminutive onucka)
- footwrap (strip of cloth worn around the feet)
- (derogatory, neologism) pro-Russian propagandist (person spreading propaganda for Russia)
Declension
Declension of onuca
Further reading
- onuca in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- onuca in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “onuce”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 746
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *onuťa.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɔnut͡sa]
Noun
onuca f (diminutive onucka or onučka)
- footwrap (strip of cloth worn around the feet)
- Synonym: ovinovačka
- (derogatory) doormat (someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | onuca | onuce |
| genitive | onuce | onúc |
| dative | onuci | onuciam |
| accusative | onucu | onuce |
| locative | onuci | onuciach |
| instrumental | onucou | onucami |
References
- ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “onuca”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 403
Further reading
- “onuca”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025