mydło
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowed from Upper Sorbian mydło, from Proto-Slavic *mydlo, after the inherited form (also mydło) was displaced by zejpa (from German Seife). Equivalent to myś (“to wash”) + -dło.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɨ.dwɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɨdwɔ
- Syllabification: my‧dło
Noun
mydło n
- soap (substance used for cleaning)
Declension
Declension of mydło
Synonyms
- zejpa
References
- ^ Bartels, H. (2009). Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mydlo. By surface analysis, myć + -dło.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɘ.dwɔ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɘdwɔ
- Syllabification: my‧dło
Noun
mydło n (diminutive mydełko)
- soap (substance)
Declension
Declension of mydło
Derived terms
adjectives