blekot

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈblɛkot]

Noun

blekot m inan

1. bleating, baaing

Declension

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

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

Polish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛ.kɔt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛkɔt
• Syllabification: ble‧kot

Noun

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]

   Synonym: jąkała

Declension

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

noun

• blekotnik

 

Related terms

verb

• blekotać impf

 

Further reading

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