kurek
Polish
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -urɛk
- Syllabification: ku‧rek
- Homophone: Kurek
Etymology 1
Noun
kurek m inan
- tap (device to dispense liquid)
- (firearms) hammer
- (colloquial) chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)
- (archaic) figure of a rooster
- weathercock (rooftop weather vane in the shape of a rooster)
- (Przemyśl) nail for attaching a wagon's windlass
Declension
Declension of kurek
Derived terms
adjectives
See also
- kran m
Noun
kurek m animal
- (archaic) diminutive of kur
- Synonym: kogucik
- gurnard, sea robin (marine fish of the family Triglidae)
Declension
Declension of kurek
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
kurek f
- genitive plural of kurka
Further reading
- kurek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kurek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Aleksander Saloni (1899) “kurek”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 240