mroczek

See also: Mroczek

Polish

Etymology

From mrok +‎ -ek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmrɔ.t͡ʂɛk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔt͡ʂɛk
  • Syllabification: mro‧czek
  • Homophone: Mroczek

Noun

mroczek m inan

  1. (rare) diminutive of mrok
  2. (ophthalmology, pathology) scotoma (area of impaired or lost vision)
  3. (colloquial, countable, ophthalmology) eye floater (speck in the visual field that seems to move, possibly caused by degeneration of the vitreous humor)
    Synonym: męt

Declension

Noun

mroczek m animal

  1. house bat, serotine bat (any bat of the genus Eptesicus)
  2. any darkling beetle of the genus Stenomax

Declension

Further reading

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