cyga

See also: cygą

Polish

Etymology

Mazurized form of *czyga, likely borrowed, but the exact language is sometimes disputed. Some point to Hungarian csiga (“snail”); compare csigalépcső where the same word means "spiral" as the first element. Alternatively, borrowed from Slovak čiga. However, Bańkowski disputes Hungarian origin, and a Serbo-Croatian etymon has been suggested as an ultimate source. First attested in 1564.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɨ.ɡa/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɨ.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɨɡa
• Syllabification: cy‧ga

Noun

cyga f

1. (archaic) spinning top (toy)

   Synonyms: bąk, (archaic) fryga

Declension

Declension of cyga

	singular	plural
nominative	cyga	cygi
genitive	cygi	cyg
dative	cydze	cygom
accusative	cygę	cygi
instrumental	cygą	cygami
locative	cydze	cygach
vocative	cygo	cygi

Further reading

• cyga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “CYGA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 02.02.2022
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “cyga”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[1]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “cyga”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[2]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “cyga”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 858