bełk

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See also: belk and Belk

Masurian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Bauch.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛwk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛwk
  • Syllabification: bełk

Noun

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bełk m inan

  1. stomach of an animal or rarely a person

Further reading

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  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “bełk”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[1], volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 163-162

Old Polish

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Etymology

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Deverbal from Proto-Slavic *bъlkotati. First attested in 1436.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /bɛɫk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /bɛɫk/

Noun

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bełk m animacy unattested

  1. whirlpool
    Synonym: wir
    • 1463, Wokabularz petersburski VII, Cesarskiej Biblioteki Publicznej w Petersburgu, sygn. Lat.Q.ch.I.100, page 12:
      Vir vel belk gurges
      [Wir vel bełk gurges]
  2. (figuratively) intense fire; firestorm
    • 1874-1891 [1436], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności[2], [3], [4], volume XXIII, page 270:
      Belk intensus ignis
      [Bełk intensus ignis]
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nouns

Descendants

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  • Middle Polish: bełk, belk, bełch
  • Silesian: bełk

References

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Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish bełk. By surface analysis, deverbal from bełkotać.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bełk m inan

  1. (Middle Polish) whirlpool; stream
  2. (Middle Polish) pool of water; depth or reservoir of muddy water; pond; swamp

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References

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  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “bełch”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Wiesław Morawski (18.12.2008) “BEŁK”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bełk”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 119

Silesian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish bełk. By surface analysis, deverbal from bełkotać.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛwk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛwk
  • Syllabification: bełk

Noun

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bełk m inan

  1. depth of a river (deep part of a flowing body of water)
  2. whirlpool

Further reading

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  • Bogdan Kallus (2020) “234”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN