grzebło
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish grzebło. By surface analysis, grzebać + -ło.[1] Cognate with Czech hřeblo.
Pronunciation
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈɡr̝ɛ.bɫɔ/
Noun
grzebło n
- (Middle Polish) currycomb
- Synonyms: szropa, zgrzebło
- (Middle Polish) firestick, poker (rod used for stirring fire)
- Synonyms: haczyk, ożóg, pogrzebacz
- (Middle Polish, spinning) card (hand-held tool for preparing materials for spinning)
Declension
Attested forms of grzebło
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | grzebło | — |
| genitive | grzebła | — |
| dative | — | — |
| accusative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
| locative | — | — |
| vocative | — | — |
Related terms
verbs
- grześć impf
- zgrzeblić impf
References
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “grzebać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Further reading
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “grzebło”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]