Murcki
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Etymology
[edit]Most likely from murcek (“grimy, dirty person”) in the Silesian dialect referring to the local coal miners because the mine did not have a bathhouse. Also possibly from umurckane (“dirty”) (also Silesian) in reference to a legend in which children brought home coal from a forest and their mother—who was angered by the coal dirt—threw it into the fire leading to the discovery of coal as a source of heat.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Murcki nvir pl
Declension
[edit]Declension of Murcki
Derived terms
[edit]adjective
Further reading
[edit]- Murcki in Polish dictionaries at PWN