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bąk

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫkъ.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    bąk m animal

    1. bumblebee or other buzzing insect
    2. (humorous) child, little one
    3. spinning top (toy)
      Synonym: kùżel
    4. gas; fart

    Further reading

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    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “bąk”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “bąk”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
    • bąk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Old Polish

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    Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫkъ. First attested in the 15th century.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɑ̃k/
      • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɑ̃k/

      Noun

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      bąk m animacy unattested

      1. (hapax legomenon) Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
        • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[2], number 1359:
          Bøk onocrotalus
          [Bąk onocrotalus]
      2. (attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
        • 1876-1929 [c. 1455], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie[3], volume XIV, Miechów, Kruchowo, page 489:
          Bąmk bubo
          [Bąk bubo]
        • 1874-1891 [1471], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[4], [5], [6], volume XXIII, page 283:
          Bąnk bubo
          [Bąk bubo]
        • 1874-1891 [1475], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[7], [8], [9], volume XXV, Ruszcza, page 127:
          Bąk bubo
          [Bąk bubo]
        • XV p. post., Wokabularz petersburski II, Cesarskiej Biblioteki Publicznej w Petersburgu, sygn. Lat.F.ch.XVI.12:
          Bubo bąk
          [Bubo bąk]
        • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 20v:
          Bubo ein steinkeutz oder eule [] bank
          [Bubo ein steinkeutz oder eule [] bąk]
      3. (hapax legomenon) bumblebee (insect that buzzes when it flies)
        • 1442, Wokabularz Raczyńskich, Biblioteki Raczyńskich w Poznaniu, sygn. 1360/I, page 27v:
          Alitutus vermis volatilis vlg. bąk
          [Alitutus vermis volatilis vlg. bąk]

      Declension

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      Descendants

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      • Polish: bąk
      • Silesian: bōnk

      References

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      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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        Inherited from Old Polish bąk.

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        Noun

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        bąk m animal (female equivalent (dialectal) bączka, diminutive bączek)

        1. horsefly (any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly))
          1. (Middle Polish or Far Masovian, Western Kraków, Żywiec) botfly, gadfly (any insect of the family Oestridae)
            Synonym: giez
          2. (Middle Polish) synonym of bogatek
        2. (colloquial) bumblebee (insect similar to a bee, but much thicker and more densely haired, making a humming sound while flying)
          Synonym: trzmiel
        3. bittern (several bird species in the Botaurinae subfamily of the heron family Ardeidae)
        4. spinning top (a toy with a tapering point that can be made to spin on its axis, either with a built-in pump-action handle, with the fingers or with a string)
          Synonyms: (dated) cyga, (archaic) fryga
        5. (colloquial, humorous, endearing) squirt (small child)
          Synonyms: bąbel, brzdąc, szkrab; see also Thesaurus:dziecko
          1. (Western Kraków, Biecz, Ropczyce, Podegrodzie, Podhale) synonym of bękart (bastard) (child of unmarried parents)
        6. (engineering) gyrostat; gyroscope; rotor; top (rigid body, usually with simple, geometric shapes, rotating rapidly around its axis of symmetry)
        7. dinghy (small rowboat; small boat next to larger sailing yachts)
        8. (Near Masovian, Płock County, metallurgy) bellows replacement (device in a forge that replaces the bellows)
          Hypernym: miech
        9. (obsolete) mistake; error
          Synonyms: błąd, pomyłka
        10. (obsolete, botany, chiefly in the singular) scape (onion stalk with seed capsule)
          1. (Kielce, Mikułowice, Opatów County, botany) swell (swollen place of an onion stem)
          2. (Biecz, Ropczyce, botany) scape (tops on onions and garlic; shoots, especially those that bear flowers)
          3. (Masovian Borderland, Rawa Mazowiecka) onion flower
        11. (obsolete, historical) forgery (falsified tymf coin from the time of Augustus III of Poland)
        12. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) pipe; drone (pipes of a bagpipe as well as their sound)
        13. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) synonym of dudy (bagpipes)
        14. (obsolete, figuratively) bloat (pompous, bloated, sulky person)
        15. (obsolete, engineering) drafter (device for inducing draft in a chimney)
        16. (obsolete) synonym of więzienie (prison)
        17. (obsolete, derogatory) Synonym: lichwiarz (usurer)
        18. (Middle Polish, figuratively, derogatory) tyrant (powerful and unjust person)

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