kopanka
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔˈpan.ka/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Kuyavia) IPA(key): /kɔˈpan.ka/
- (Northern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /kɔˈpan.ka/
- (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA(key): /kɔˈpan.ka/
- (Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA(key): /kɔˈpan.ka/
- Rhymes: -anka
- Syllabification: ko‧pan‧ka
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish kopanka. By surface analysis, kopać + -anka.
Noun
kopanka f
- (archaic) dugout, earth shelter, zemlyanka
- Synonym: ziemianka
- (historical) unit of area, equivalent to 19.95 m²
Declension
Declension of kopanka
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kopanka | kopanki |
| genitive | kopanki | kopanek |
| dative | kopance | kopankom |
| accusative | kopankę | kopanki |
| instrumental | kopanką | kopankami |
| locative | kopance | kopankach |
| vocative | kopanko | kopanki |
Etymology 2
Noun
kopanka f
- (Kuyavia) diminutive of kopań
- (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland, Near Masovian) synonym of niecka
Alternative forms
- koponka (Western Greater Poland)
- kopańka (Kuyavia, Far Masovian, Near Masovian, Rawa, Western Lublin, Lubartów County)
Further reading
- kopanka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kopanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “kopanka”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 34
- Artur Gruszecki, editor (1887), “kopanka”, in “Słowniczek spod Zakroczymia”, in Wisła : miesięcznik geograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 318