żuaw

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French zouave, from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʐu.af/

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• Rhymes: -uaf
• Syllabification: żu‧aw

Noun

żuaw m pers

1. (historical, military) Zouave (Kabyle or French soldier in Kabyle dress)
2. (historical, military) Zouave (one of a body of soldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves in French service, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War (1861–65))

Declension

Declension of żuaw

	singular	plural
nominative	żuaw	żuawi
genitive	żuawa	żuawów
dative	żuawowi	żuawom
accusative	żuawa	żuawów
instrumental	żuawem	żuawami
locative	żuawie	żuawach
vocative	żuawie	żuawi

Derived terms

noun

• żuawka

 

Further reading

• żuaw in Polish dictionaries at PWN