turkuć

Polish

Etymology

Per Brückner, derived from Proto-Slavic *turk-, *tъrk-,[1] ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtur.kut͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -urkut͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: tur‧kuć

Noun

turkuć m animal

  1. mole cricket, gryllotalpid (any insect of the family Gryllotalpidae)
  2. European mole cricket (Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa)
    Synonyms: podjadek, turkuć podjadek, turkuć pospolity

Declension

adjectives
  • terkotliwy
verbs

References

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “turkot”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

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