warchlę

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Ferkel + .

Per Brückner, a native[1] word, derived from Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn (virile man, male animal). Akin to Latin verrēs (boar), Latvian vērsis (ox), Lithuanian ver̃šis (calf, ox), Old Prussian werstian (calf), Sanskrit वृषन् (vṛ́ṣan, male, bull, stallion).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvar.xlɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arxlɛ
  • Syllabification: war‧chlę

Noun

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warchlę n (diminutive warchlątko)

  1. (rare) wild boar piglet
    Synonym: warchlak

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “warchlę,_warchlak”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

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  • warchlę in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • warchlę in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego