wibrys

Polish

Alternative forms

  • wibryss

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin vibrissae.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.brɘs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibrɘs
  • Syllabification: wi‧brys

Noun

wibrys m inan

  1. whisker (one of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal)
    Synonyms: włos czuciowy, (colloquial) wąs

Declension

Declension of wibrys
singular plural
nominative wibrys wibrysy
genitive wibrysu wibrysów
dative wibrysowi wibrysom
accusative wibrys wibrysy
instrumental wibrysem wibrysami
locative wibrysie wibrysach
vocative wibrysie wibrysy

References

  1. ^ Elżbieta Sobol, editor (1995), Słownik wyrazów obcych (in Polish), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN

Further reading

  • wibryss in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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