kurek

See also: Kurek, kürek, and kůrek

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.rɛk/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈku.rɛk]

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• Rhymes: -urɛk
• Syllabification: ku‧rek
• Homophone: Kurek

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Polish kur

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas

Proto-Slavic *-kъ

Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ

Old Polish -ek

Polish -ek

Polish kurek

From kur + -ek.

Noun

kurek m inan

1. tap (device to dispense liquid)
2. (firearms) hammer
3. (colloquial) chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)
4. (archaic) figure of a rooster
5. weathercock (rooftop weather vane in the shape of a rooster)
6. (Przemyśl) nail for attaching a wagon's windlass

Declension

Declension of kurek

	singular	plural
nominative	kurek	kurki
genitive	kurka	kurków
dative	kurkowi	kurkom
accusative	kurek	kurki
instrumental	kurkiem	kurkami
locative	kurku	kurkach
vocative	kurku	kurki

Derived terms

adjectives

• bezkurkowy
• kurkowy

See also

• kran m

Noun

kurek m animal

1. (archaic) diminutive of kur

   Synonym: kogucik

2. gurnard, sea robin (marine fish of the family Triglidae)

Declension

Declension of kurek

	singular	plural
nominative	kurek	kurki
genitive	kurka	kurków
dative	kurkowi	kurkom
accusative	kurka	kurki
instrumental	kurkiem	kurkami
locative	kurku	kurkach
vocative	kurku	kurki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

kurek f

1. genitive plural of kurka

Further reading

• “kurek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kurek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Saloni (1899), “kurek”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 240