fąfel

Polish

Etymology

Generally considered a native innovation with reduplication.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔw̃.fɛl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔw̃fɛl
  • Syllabification: fą‧fel

Noun

fąfel m pers

  1. (colloquial, humorous or dialectal, Far Masovian) ankle-biter (small child)
    Synonyms: berbeć, brzdąc, pędrak, szkrab
  2. (colloquial, humorous) bud (friend)
    Synonym: kumpel

Declension

Declension of fąfel
singular plural
nominative fąfel fąfele/fąfle (deprecative)
genitive fąfla fąfli/fąflów
dative fąflowi fąflom
accusative fąfla fąfli/fąflów
instrumental fąflem fąflami
locative fąflu fąflach
vocative fąflu fąfele

Noun

fąfel m animal

  1. (colloquial) booger, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in the nostril)
    Synonyms: babol, koza, smark
  2. (colloquial) blotch, pimple
    Synonyms: krosta, pryszcz

Declension

Declension of fąfel
singular plural
nominative fąfel fąfle
genitive fąfla fąfli
dative fąflowi fąflom
accusative fąfla fąfle
instrumental fąflem fąflami
locative fąflu fąflach
vocative fąflu fąfle
nouns

References

  1. ^ Adam Fałowski (2022) “fąfel”, in Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN

Further reading

  • fąfel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • fąfel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “fąfel”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 107
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