perlik

See also: perlík

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛr.lik/
• Rhymes: -ɛrlik
• Syllabification: per‧lik

Etymology 1

From perła +‎ -ik. Partial calque of German Perlhuhn.

Noun

perlik m animal

1. male helmeted guineafowl
2. green-backed twinspot, Mandingoa nitidula

Declension

Declension of perlik

	singular	plural
nominative	perlik	perliki
genitive	perlika	perlików
dative	perlikowi	perlikom
accusative	perlika	perliki
instrumental	perlikiem	perlikami
locative	perliku	perlikach
vocative	perliku	perliki

Related terms

adjectives

• perliczkowy
• perliczy

 

adverbs

• perliczo

 

nouns

• perlica
• perliczątko
• perliczę
• perliczka

 

Etymology 2

Compare Czech perlík and Silesian pyrlik. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

perlik m inan

1. (mining) miner's hammer

   Synonyms: kijania, pucka

Declension

Declension of perlik

	singular	plural
nominative	perlik	perliki
genitive	perlika	perlików
dative	perlikowi	perlikom
accusative	perlik	perliki
instrumental	perlikiem	perlikami
locative	perliku	perlikach
vocative	perliku	perliki

Further reading

• perlik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “perlik”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 116