pluskwa

See also: pluskwą

Polish

pluskwa

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *pljuskъv

Old Polish pluskwa

English bugsl.

Polish pluskwa

Inherited from Old Polish pluskwa, from Proto-Slavic *pljuskъv. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English bug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈplus.kfa/

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• Rhymes: -uskfa
• Syllabification: plus‧kwa

Noun

pluskwa f

1. bedbug (Cimex lectularius)
3. (colloquial) bug (electronic listening device)

   Synonym: podsłuch

4. (colloquial, computing) bug (flaw in computer program)

   Synonym: bug

Declension

Declension of pluskwa

	singular	plural
nominative	pluskwa	pluskwy
genitive	pluskwy	pluskiew
dative	pluskwie	pluskwom
accusative	pluskwę	pluskwy
instrumental	pluskwą	pluskwami
locative	pluskwie	pluskwach
vocative	pluskwo	pluskwy

Related terms

nouns

• pluskwa milenijna
• pluskwiak

Further reading

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