ponk
See also: pònk
English
Etymology
A false reading for pouke; see Puck.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɒŋk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
ponk (plural ponks)
- (obsolete) A nocturnal evil spirit.
- 1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion:
- Ne let the ponk, nor other evil sprights, / Ne let mischievous witches with their charms […]
- c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
- Marrying a ponk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpoŋk]
Noun
ponk m inan
Declension
Declension of ponk (velar masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ponk | ponky |
| genitive | ponku | ponků |
| dative | ponku | ponkům |
| accusative | ponk | ponky |
| vocative | ponku | ponky |
| locative | ponku | poncích |
| instrumental | ponkem | ponky |
Slovak
Etymology
From German.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɔnk]
Noun
ponk m inan
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ponk | ponky |
| genitive | ponku | ponkov |
| dative | ponku | ponkom |
| accusative | ponk | ponky |
| locative | ponku | ponkoch |
| instrumental | ponkom | ponkmi |
Further reading
- “ponk”, 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