kulawy

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Polish kuleć

Proto-Slavic *-avъ

Old Polish -awy

Polish -awy

Polish kulawy

From kuleć + -awy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈla.vɘ/

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• Rhymes: -avɘ
• Syllabification: ku‧la‧wy

Adjective

kulawy (comparative bardziej kulawy, superlative najbardziej kulawy, derived adverb kulawo)

1. lame, limping

   Synonym: chromy

2. wobbly, rickety

   kulawe krzesło ― wobbly chair

Declension

Declension of kulawy (hard)

singular					plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative/vocative	kulawy		kulawa	kulawe	kulawi	kulawe
genitive	kulawego		kulawej	kulawego	kulawych
dative	kulawemu		kulawej	kulawemu	kulawym
accusative	kulawego	kulawy	kulawą	kulawe	kulawych	kulawe
instrumental	kulawym		kulawą	kulawym	kulawymi
locative	kulawym		kulawej	kulawym	kulawych

Noun

kulawy m pers (female equivalent kulawa)

1. (offensive) lame person, cripple

   Synonyms: chromy, kulas, kulawiec, kuternoga

Declension

Declension of kulawy

	singular	plural
nominative	kulawy	kulawi
genitive	kulawego	kulawych
dative	kulawemu	kulawym
accusative	kulawego	kulawych
instrumental	kulawym	kulawymi
locative	kulawym	kulawych
vocative	kulawy	kulawi

Derived terms

verbs

• kulawić impf
• kulawieć impf

Related terms

adjectives

• okulały

nouns

• kula
• kulas
• kulawiec
• kulawizna
• kulawka

Further reading

• “kulawy”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kulawy”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)