wilk

See also: Wilk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɪlk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪlk

Noun

wilk (plural wilks)

1. (zoology) Obsolete form of whelk.

References

• “wilk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Kashubian

Wilk.

Alternative forms

• (archaic) wełk, wôłk

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish wilk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvilk/
• Hyphenation: wilk

Noun

wilk m animal

1. wolf (Canis lupus)

References

• “wilk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wilk”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Polish

wilk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Latin lupus. For the sense “meatgrinder,” compare German Fleischwolf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vilk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ilk
• Syllabification: wilk
• Homophones: wilg, Wilk

Noun

wilk m animal (female equivalent wilczyca, diminutive wilczek, augmentative wilczysko, related adjective wilczy)

1. wolf
2. (colloquial) male wolf, he-wolf

   Synonym: basior

3. (colloquial) German Shepherd

   Synonyms: owczarek niemiecki, wilczur

4. (colloquial) wolfskin

   Synonym: wilczura

Declension

Declension of wilk

	singular	plural
nominative	wilk	wilki
genitive	wilka	wilków
dative	wilkowi	wilkom
accusative	wilka	wilki
instrumental	wilkiem	wilkami
locative	wilku	wilkach
vocative	wilku	wilki

Derived terms

nouns

• wilczur
• wilczy głód

 

phrase

• i wilk jest syty, i owca cała

 

verb

• patrzeć wilkiem impf

 

Noun

wilk m inan

1. meatgrinder
3. (pathology, colloquial) lupus

   Synonym: toczeń

4. (botany) water sprout, water shoot

Declension

Declension of wilk

	singular	plural
nominative	wilk	wilki
genitive	wilku	wilków
dative	wilkowi	wilkom
accusative	wilk	wilki
instrumental	wilkiem	wilkami
locative	wilku	wilkach
vocative	wilku	wilki

Derived terms

noun

• bajka o żelaznym wilku

 

Further reading

• wilk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• wilk in Polish dictionaries at PWN