mydło

See also: mydlo and mýdlo

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

  1. soap (substance used for cleaning)

Declension

Synonyms

  • zejpa

References

  1. ^ 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)

  1. soap (substance)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives

Further reading

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