cekawi
Kashubian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Polish ciekawy. By surface analysis, cec + -awi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cekawi (comparative cekawszi, superlative nôcekawszi, derived adverb cekawie)
- curious, interested (wanting to find out more)
- curious, interesting (evoking curiosity or interest in people)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cekawi (hard)
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine animate | masculine inanimate | feminine | neuter | virile (= masculine personal) | non-virile | |
| nominative | cekawi | cekawô | cekawé | cekawi | cekawé | |
| genitive | cekawégò | cekawi | cekawégò | cekawëch | ||
| dative | cekawémù | cekawi | cekawémù | cekawim | ||
| accusative | cekawégò | cekawi | cekawą | cekawé | cekawëch | cekawé |
| instrumental | cekawim | cekawą | cekawim | cekawima | ||
| locative | cekawim | cekawi | cekawim | cekawëch | ||
Derived terms
[edit]nouns
verbs
- cekawic impf
Further reading
[edit]- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “cekawy”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 16
- Sychta, Bernard (1967) “cekavi”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 121
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “ciekawy”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ciekawy”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
- “cekawi/czekawi”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022