palec

See also: Palec and palëc

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech palec, from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpalɛt͡s]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

palec m inan (relational adjective palcový, diminutive paleček or palček)

  1. thumb
  2. big toe
  3. inch
    Synonym: coul

Declension

Derived terms

  • palčák
  • palčáky

Further reading

Anagrams

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpalɛt͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpalɛt͡s/

Noun

palec m inan

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger
  2. (unit of measure) finger (length measure corresponding to the width of the thumb)
  3. tooth of a gear

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: palec

References

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /palʲɛt͡sʲ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /palʲɛt͡sʲ/

Noun

palec m animacy unattested

  1. (anatomy, attested in Lesser Poland, Greater Poland) digit; finger; toe
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎[1], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 8, 4:
      Bo vzrzø nebossa twoia, dzala palczow twogich (opera digitorum tuorum), mesøcz y gwazdy, iesz ies ty vczinil
      [Bo uźrzę niebiosa twoja, działa palców twojich (opera digitorum tuorum), miesiąc i gwiazdy, jeż ieś ty uczynił]
    • 1876-1929 [c. 1455], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie[2], volume XIV, Miechów, Kruchowo, page 491:
      Noszny palecz pedica
      [Nożny palec pedica]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 97v:
      Pedicus nozny pąlecz
      [Pedicus nozny palec]

Derived terms

adjectives
  • paleczny
nouns

Descendants

References

  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “palec”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “palec”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “palec”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “palec”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “palec”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Old Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь. First attested in 1473.

Noun

palec m inan

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe
    1. (anatomy, more specifically) big finger; big toe
  2. (unit of measure) finger
  3. tooth of a gear

Descendants

References

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “palec”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish palec.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.lɛt͡s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alɛt͡s
  • Syllabification: pa‧lec

Noun

palec m inan (diminutive paluszek, augmentative paluch, related adjective palcowy)

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe
  2. finger; toe (part of clothing that covers one finger or toe)
  3. (by extension) finger (movable, elongated part of a device resembling a finger)
  4. (Middle Polish, unit of measure) finger
  5. (Middle Polish, astronomy, geometry) uncia (unit of length equal to 1/12 of the diameter)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
adverbs
verbs
adjectives

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), palec is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 3 times in essays, 42 times in fiction, and 11 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 66 times, making it the 991st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “palec”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 352

Further reading

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish palec.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.lɛt͡s/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -alɛt͡s
  • Syllabification: pa‧lec

Noun

palec m inan

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe

Declension

Declension of palec
singular plural
nominative palec palce
genitive palca palcōw
dative palcowi palcōm
accusative palec palce
instrumental palcym palcami/palcōma
locative palcu palcach
vocative palcu palce

Further reading

  • palec in dykcjonorz.eu
  • palec in silling.org
  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “palec”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 109
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “palec”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 466

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak palec, from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpaʎet͡s]

Noun

palec m inan

  1. (anatomy) big finger; big toe
  2. finger (part of a glove covering one's finger)
  3. (historical, unit of measure) finger

Declension

Declension of palec
(pattern stroj)
singularplural
nominativepalecpalce
genitivepalcapalcov
dativepalcupalcom
accusativepalecpalce
locativepalcipalcoch
instrumentalpalcompalcami

Further reading

  • palec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /páːlət͡s/

Noun

pȃləc m inan

  1. thumb (digit)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. pálec
gen. sing. pálca
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
pálec pálca pálci
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
pálca pálcev pálcev
dative
(dajȃlnik)
pálcu pálcema pálcem
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
pálec pálca pálce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
pálcu pálcih pálcih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
pálcem pálcema pálci

Further reading

  • palec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025