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liska

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Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-West Germanic *hlisku, *hlisiku, *hlusiku (sedge), diminutive of Proto-West Germanic *hlus (reed, sedge). The ultimate origin could be

Compare Middle Low German lēsch, lǖsch, lūs, lēsek, lēsik (reed, sedge), Middle Dutch luusch, Old Saxon hlus (reed, sedge).

Noun

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liska f

  1. sedge, reed

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: *lische

References

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  1. ^ Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907), “lisca”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lerë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 219
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 681
  4. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “lis1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  5. ^ laîche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Further reading

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -iska
  • Syllabification: lis‧ka

Etymology 1

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See liszka.

Noun

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liska f

  1. (Łowicz, Różyce) alternative form of liszka

Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

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    liska m animal

    1. genitive/accusative singular of lisek

    Further reading

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    Serbo-Croatian

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    Etymology 1

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    Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *listъ, possibly borrowed through Polish liść; compare with the inherited lȋst.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    lȉska f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ска)

    1. leaf (part of a plant)
      Synonym: lȋst

    Etymology 2

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lysъka.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    lȉska f (Cyrillic spelling ли̏ска)

    1. coot (Fulica atra)
    Declension
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    Further reading

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    • liska”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026
    • liska”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

    Etymology 3

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

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    liska (Cyrillic spelling лиска)

    1. genitive singular of listak