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łyk

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɘk
  • Syllabification: łyk

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from łykać.

Noun

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łyk m inan (diminutive łyczek)

  1. gulp, sip, swig, swallow (the amount of liquid in one swallow; the act of swallowing)
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Etymology 2

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Back-formation from łyko.

Noun

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łyk m pers (female equivalent łyczka, diminutive łyczek)

  1. (archaic or dialectal, Central Greater Poland, derogatory) burgher, townsman
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Noun

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łyk n

  1. genitive plural of łyko

Further reading

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  • łyk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • łyk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “łyk”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20