smółka

See also: smolka, Smolka, Smółka, Smołka, šmolka, smółką, Smółką, and Smołką

Polish

Etymology

From smoła +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈsmuw.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uwka
  • Syllabification: smół‧ka
  • Homophone: Smółka

Noun

smółka f

  1. (uncountable) soot (black deposits resulting from the burning of coal, wood, plants, etc.)
  2. (uncountable, medicine) meconium (a dark green mass, the contents of the fetal intestines during the later stages of mammalian gestation, that forms the first feces of the newborn)
  3. (countable) catchfly (any plant of the genus Viscaria)
  4. (uncountable, botany) pitch (young resin on coniferous trees)
    1. (Kielce) this resin used medicinally
  5. (uncountable, botany) pitch (cell sap of some plants, with a consistency resembling tar)

Declension

Declension of smółka
singular plural
nominative smółka smółki
genitive smółki smółek
dative smółce smółkom
accusative smółkę smółki
instrumental smółką smółkami
locative smółce smółkach
vocative smółko smółki

Further reading

  • smółka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • smółka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Siarkowski (1878) “smółka”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 253
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