tkanka
See also: tkanką
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish tkanka. By surface analysis, tkać + -anka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtkan.ka/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -anka
- Syllabification: tkan‧ka
Noun
tkanka f (related adjective tkankowy)
- (countable, biology) tissue (group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job)
- (uncountable, literary) structure (overall form or organization of something)
- (uncountable, archaic) web (thin delicate cloth)
- 1829, Jean-Antoine Letronne, Wykład elementarny starożytnéj i nowożytnéj jeografji [sic] pana Letronne, inspektora generalnego szkoł we Francji; na język Polski przełożony, i niektóremi dodatkami pomnożony[1], Zawadzki i Węcki, archived from the original on 22 June 2022, page 183:
- ... mieszkańcy jéj [ziemi] wyrabiają bogate materje i droge tkanki bawełniane i jedwabne...
- ... its [the Earth's] inhabitants make rich materials and costly cotton and silk cloths...
Declension
Declension of tkanka