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wąs

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wąs m inan

  1. (chiefly in the plural) moustache
  2. whisker, vibrissa

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “wąs”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “wąs”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • wąs”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

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wąsy

Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Polish wąs, from Proto-Slavic *ǫsъ. For sense 4, compare English beard.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈvɔw̃s/, /ˈvɔns/

    Noun

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    wąs m inan (diminutive wąsik, augmentative wąsisko)

    1. (chiefly in the plural) moustache
    2. whisker, vibrissa
    3. (botany) tendril
    4. (botany) awn, beard
      Synonym: ość
    5. cirrus (tendril-like structure of some animals)
      Synonym: cirrus
    6. (Near Masovian, construction) transverse pieces parallel to the railing of a tower or a gate hooking on boards
    7. (Near Masovian) part that is placed in the stone of a horizontal iron under a millstone, in which a vertical iron pin rotates, constituting the axis of the stone

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • wąs in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • wąs in Polish dictionaries at PWN
    • Władysław Matlakowski (1891), “wąs”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności[2], volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 371