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kowal

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See also: Kowal and kował

Cornish

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Etymology

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From Middle Cornish coul, cowal, probably from Proto-Celtic *kom- + *ɸolnos. Related to kowl-. Cognate with Welsh cwbl.

Adjective

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kowal

  1. entire, thorough, total, utter, whole
    Synonyms: dien, leun, pur

Adverb

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kowal

  1. entirely, thoroughly, totally, utterly, wholly
    Synonym: yn tien

Mutation

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Mutation of kowal
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
kowal gowal howal unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kovaľь. By surface analysis, kować +‎ -al.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.val/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ɔval
    • Syllabification: ko‧wal
    • Homophone: Kowal

    Noun

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    kowal m pers (female equivalent kowalka, diminutive kowalik)

    1. smith, blacksmith

    Declension

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    adjectives

    Noun

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    kowal m animal (diminutive kowalik)

    1. firebug (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
    2. (Far Masovian) diving beetle (any of beetle of the genus Dytiscus)
      Synonym: pływak

    Declension

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    Further reading

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    • kowal”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • kowal”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
    • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894), “kowal”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 111