dęga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dega"

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dęga, from Proto-Slavic *dǫga. Compare Czech duha, Lithuanian dangà, Russian дуга́ (dugá), Serbo-Croatian ду́га, Slovak dúha.

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛŋ.ɡa/
• Homophones: denga, Denga, Dęga

Noun

dęga f

1. (Far Masovian) wale (bar at a tower extending from one half to the other, in order to catch its end with a bolt and thus close the tower)

Further reading

• dęga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Antoni Waga (1860) “dęga”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 751