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blekot

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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blekot m inan

  1. bleating, baaing

Declension

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Declension of blekot (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative blekot blekoty
genitive blekotu blekotů
dative blekotu blekotům
accusative blekot blekoty
vocative blekote blekoty
locative blekotu blekotech
instrumental blekotem blekoty

Further reading

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  • “blekot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “blekot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish blekot, blegot, from Proto-Slavic *blekotъ. The semantic shift from stutterer to fool's parsley is because of the plants ability to disrupt speech.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈblɛ.kɔt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛkɔt
  • Syllabification: ble‧kot

Noun

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blekot m inan

  1. fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium) [since the beginning of the 17th century]
    Synonyms: szaleń, psia pietruszka
    • 1993, Ewa Nowacka, Emilia z kwiatem lilii leśnej, Siedmioróg:
      Taki człowiek przez dni wiele jak po blekocie chodził i od rzeczy gadał sam do siebie.
      Such a persoh would walk and talk to himself for many days like he had eaten fool's a parsley.
  2. (Middle Polish) stutterer [16th–mid 17th century][2][3]
    Synonym: jąkała

Declension

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Declension of blekot
singular plural
nominative blekot blekoty
genitive blekotu blekotów
dative blekotowi blekotom
accusative blekot blekoty
instrumental blekotem blekotami
locative blekocie blekotach
vocative blekocie blekoty

Derived terms

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noun
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verb

References

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  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “blekot”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  2. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “blegot”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  3. ^ Dorota Adamiec (07.03.2019) “BLEKOT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

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