parkan

See also: Parkan

Finnish

Noun

parkan

  1. genitive singular of parka

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German parkan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpar.kan/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arkan
  • Syllabification: par‧kan

Noun

parkan m inan (diminutive parkanik)

  1. paling, fence (especially a wooden one)
    Synonym: płot
    • 2000, Andrzej Kownacki, Czy było warto?: Wspomnienia‎[1], Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego, archived from the original on 14 July 2022, page 474:
      W ten sposób, bardzo już pomęczeni, dotarliśmy do jakiegoś obozu, gdzie stały drewniane baraki, otoczone parkanem z drutów kolczastych.
      In this way, already very tired, we reached some camp, where there stood wooden barracks surrounded by a fence of barbed wire.

Declension

Declension of parkan
singular plural
nominative parkan parkany
genitive parkanu parkanów
dative parkanowi parkanom
accusative parkan parkany
instrumental parkanem parkanami
locative parkanie parkanach
vocative parkanie parkany

Further reading

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