grzebień

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grzebień

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grzebień sense 1

grzebień sense 2

Alternative forms

grzebiń (Łowicz, Kompina, Duplice Małe, Skaratki, Traby, Lisiewice, Strugienice, Wierznowice, Maurzyce, Świące, Jackowice, Złaków Borowy, Łaguszew, Łaźniki, Rogóźno)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *greby

Old Polish *grzebień

Polish grzebień

Inherited from Old Polish *grzebień. First attested in 1500–1517.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡʐɛ.bjɛɲ/

(Middle Polish) IPA^(key): (16^th c.) /ˈɡr̝ɛ.bjɛɲ/, (17^th–18^th c.) /ˈɡʐɛ.bjɛɲ/, (16^th c.) /ˈɡr̝ɛ.bjeɲ/, (17^th–18^th c.) /ˈɡʐɛ.bjeɲ/
(Greater Poland):
- (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʐɛ.bjɛɲ]
(Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʐɛ.bjɛɲ]
- (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʐɛ.bjɛɲ]
- (Podlachia) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʐɛ.bjɛɲ]
(Borderlands):
- (Northern Borderlands) IPA^(key): [ˈɡr̝ɛ.bjɛɲ]

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛbjɛɲ
Syllabification: grze‧bień
Homophone: Grzebień

Noun

grzebień m inan (diminutive grzebyk, related adjective grzebieniowy)

comb (toothed implement for grooming one's hair)
(zootomy) comb, crest (red fleshy growth on the top of the head of a rooster or hen)
1. (obsolete) crest (feathery decoration on a helmet)
2. (Middle Polish, zootomy) synonym of podgardle
3. (obsolete, zootomy) crest (tip of a stallion's genitalia)
4. (obsolete, zootomy) transparent, fanlike membrane in a bird's stomach (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  1. (Middle Polish) synonym of płetwa
(zootomy) comb, crest (series of toothed appendages along the tail and back of reptiles)
comb (something resembling a comb for one's hair)
1. (weaving) comb (tool for straightening a warp)
2. (milling) comb (iron wheel and tooth in a mill)
3. (milling) crested chisel (toothed chisel for turning screws, etc.)
4. (obsolete, hunting) comb (pole covered with iron hooks used for catching wolves)
5. (obsolete, firearms) sight (small stick used as a sight on rifles and shotguns placed at the very beginning of the barrel near the stock)
6. (obsolete) comb (wooden board attached to a workbench with protruding steel teeth,with which it cleans bristles and hair)
7. (obsolete) comb (noselike extension of the spine of a boat going upwards)
8. (obsolete) type of executioner's tool
9. (obsolete) crest (grapevine axis together with the peduncles on which grape berries are mounted)
10. (obsolete) crest (strip with a chip cut in for each legator so that they do not rub against each other when walking next to each other)
11. (Near Masovian, Far Masovian, Ostrów Mazowiecka) comb (iron notch in the head of a plough on which a wheel with a chain from a cart is placed)
12. (Podlachia, Tykocin) comb (tool for linen cleaning)
(anatomy) crest (protruding, thickened fragment of bone, a place of attachment of muscles or interosseous membranes)
(architecture) crest (openwork decorative element placed on the roof ridge or eaves)
crest (long, thick fur along the back of a chamois)
(Near Masovian, Międzyrzec Podlaski) synonym of grzbiet (“ridge of a causeway”)
(Central Greater Poland, Jaraczewo, Śrem) synonym of klepisko
(Northern Borderlands, Lithuania) type of game
Synonym: sito
(Podlachia, Kodeń) synonym of wierzchołek (“rooftop”)
(obsolete) type of hood on a smokestack
(obsolete) crest (top edge of a rock or wave)

Usage notes

The game of sense 10 is played thusly: four players (the allowed amount) drive four pegs into the ground in the form a square, then each of the four players takes one, and one calls out loudly:

"Moja pani, moja pani,
pożycz że mi grzebienia,
bo ja Żydóweczka z Będzina.
Jeno się oscese,
to ci go odniese."

"My lady, my lady,
loan me a comb,
because I am a Jew from Będzin.
I will just comb myself,
then I will bring it back to you."

Declension

Declension of grzebień

	singular	plural
nominative	grzebień	grzebienie
genitive	grzebienia	grzebieni
dative	grzebieniowi	grzebieniom
accusative	grzebień	grzebienie
instrumental	grzebieniem	grzebieniami
locative	grzebieniu	grzebieniach
vocative	grzebieniu	grzebienie