gołąbek

See also: Gołąbek

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈwɔm.bɛk/

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• Rhymes: -ɔmbɛk
• Syllabification: go‧łą‧bek
• Homophone: Gołąbek

Etymology 1

From gołąb +‎ -ek.

Noun

gołąbek m animal (diminutive gołąbeczek)

1. (often endearing) diminutive of gołąb; pigeon, dove
2. pigeon or dove hatchling

Declension

Declension of gołąbek

	singular	plural
nominative	gołąbek	gołąbki
genitive	gołąbka	gołąbków
dative	gołąbkowi	gołąbkom
accusative	gołąbka	gołąbki
instrumental	gołąbkiem	gołąbkami
locative	gołąbku	gołąbkach
vocative	gołąbku	gołąbki

Noun

gołąbek m inan (diminutive gołąbeczek)

1. any mushroom of the genus Russula

Declension

Declension of gołąbek

	singular	plural
nominative	gołąbek	gołąbki
genitive	gołąbka	gołąbków
dative	gołąbkowi	gołąbkom
accusative	gołąbek	gołąbki
instrumental	gołąbkiem	gołąbkami
locative	gołąbku	gołąbkach
vocative	gołąbku	gołąbki

Noun

gołąbek m pers (diminutive gołąbeczek)

1. (endearing) used as a term of endearment
2. (humorous) lovebird (person)

Declension

Declension of gołąbek

	singular	plural
nominative	gołąbek	gołąbki
genitive	gołąbka	gołąbków
dative	gołąbkowi	gołąbkom
accusative	gołąbka	gołąbków
instrumental	gołąbkiem	gołąbkami
locative	gołąbku	gołąbkach
vocative	gołąbku	gołąbki

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

• Per Vasmer and Sławski: a semantic shift from the diminutive due to the similarity in shape.
• Per Stachowski: finding the above explanation semantically dubious, he instead proposes an Oriental borrowing, pointing out that a similar dish, aside from Eastern Europe, is known in the Levant and Central Asia. He points to Persian کلم (kalam, “cabbage”) or کلم پیچ (kalam pič, “cabbage roll”) – possibly through a Turkic language or Old Armenian կաղամբ (kałamb, “cabbage”) as possible sources, but remains reserved. The word would have later been altered by folk etymology.

Declension

Declension of gołąbek

	singular	plural
nominative	gołąbek	gołąbki
genitive	gołąbka	gołąbków
dative	gołąbkowi	gołąbkom
accusative	gołąbka	gołąbki
instrumental	gołąbkiem	gołąbkami
locative	gołąbku	gołąbkach
vocative	gołąbku	gołąbki

Noun

gołąbek m inan (diminutive gołąbeczek)

1. gołąbki, cabbage roll (traditional Polish dish)

Declension

Declension of gołąbek

	singular	plural
nominative	gołąbek	gołąbki
genitive	gołąbka	gołąbków
dative	gołąbkowi	gołąbkom
accusative	gołąbek	gołąbki
instrumental	gołąbkiem	gołąbkami
locative	gołąbku	gołąbkach
vocative	gołąbku	gołąbki

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gołąbek f

1. genitive plural of gołąbka

Further reading

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