karw

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “looks like a borrowing from Pomeranian”) First attested in 1522

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /kɒrf/
• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): [ˈkarf]
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈkarf]

Noun

karw m animal

1. (Middle Polish or Chełmno-Dobrzyń) synonym of wół
   1. (Malbork) old ox

      Hypernym: wół

   2. (Middle Polish, derogatory, hapax legomenon) epithet

Declension

Attested forms of kårw

	singular	plural
nominative	kårw	karw
genitive	karwu	—
dative	karwowi	—
accusative	—	karwy
instrumental	karwem	—
locative	—	—
vocative	karwie	—

Related terms

nouns

• krowa

Further reading

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, et al., editors (2010-2023), “karw”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “karw”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “karw”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “karw”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 285
• Jan Karłowicz (1901), “karw”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 353

Silesian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarf/

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• Rhymes: -arf
• Syllabification: karw

Noun

karw m animal

1. ox

Further reading

• Bogdan Kallus (2020), “karw”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 320