pawk

English

Etymology 1

See Puck

Alternative forms

• pauk

Noun

pawk (plural pawks)

1. (Scotland) A wile

Derived terms

• pawkery
• pawky

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

pawk (plural pawks)

1. A small lobster.

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pawk”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ, from *pa- + *ǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkos (“hook”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pawk/

Noun

pawk m ?

1. spider

Declension

Declension of pawk

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	pawk	pawka	pawki
Genitive	pawka	pawkowu	pawkow
Dative	pawkoju	pawkoma	pawkam
Accusative	pawka	pawkowu	pawki, pawkow
Instrumental	pawkom	pawkoma	pawkami
Locative	pawku	pawkoma	pawkach

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *paǫkъ, from *pa- + *ǫkъ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enkos (“hook”).

Noun

pawk m

1. spider