perlik
See also: perlík
Polish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛrlik
- Syllabification: per‧lik
Etymology 1
From perła + -ik. Partial calque of German Perlhuhn.
Noun
perlik m animal
- male helmeted guineafowl
- green-backed twinspot, Mandingoa nitidula
Declension
Declension of perlik
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perlik | perliki |
| genitive | perlika | perlików |
| dative | perlikowi | perlikom |
| accusative | perlika | perliki |
| instrumental | perlikiem | perlikami |
| locative | perliku | perlikach |
| vocative | perliku | perliki |
Related terms
adjectives
- perliczkowy
- perliczy
adverbs
- perliczo
Etymology 2
Compare Czech perlík and Silesian pyrlik. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
perlik m inan
- (mining) miner's hammer
- Synonyms: kijania, pucka
- (Near Masovian) type of heavy hammer with a surface that has teeth used for working millstones
Declension
Declension of perlik
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perlik | perliki |
| genitive | perlika | perlików |
| dative | perlikowi | perlikom |
| accusative | perlik | perliki |
| instrumental | perlikiem | perlikami |
| locative | perliku | perlikach |
| vocative | perliku | perliki |
Further reading
- perlik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “perlik”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 116
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “perlik”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 367