kawałek

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From archaic kawalec +‎ -ek, from Middle Low German kāvele (“wood for drawing raffles”) + -ec, from Proto-West Germanic *kabl (“stick, lot”), with semantic shift "wood for drawing lots" > "small piece".[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈva.wɛk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -awɛk
  • Syllabification: ka‧wa‧łek

Noun

kawałek m inan (diminutive kawałeczek)

  1. diminutive of kawał; bit (small piece)
  2. slice (of pizza, cake, etc.)
  3. (colloquial) track, song
  4. (slang) grand; one thousand, especially of U.S. dollars

Declension

Declension of kawałek
singular plural
nominative kawałek kawałki
genitive kawałka kawałków
dative kawałkowi kawałkom
accusative kawałek kawałki
instrumental kawałkiem kawałkami
locative kawałku kawałkach
vocative kawałku kawałki

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “kawał”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 224

Further reading

  • kawałek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kawałek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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