fąfel

Polish

Etymology

Generally considered a native innovation with reduplication.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔw̃.fɛl/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔw̃.fɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɔw̃fɛl
• Syllabification: fą‧fel

Noun

fąfel m pers

1. (colloquial, humorous or dialectal, Far Masovian) ankle-biter (small child)

   Synonyms: berbeć, brzdąc, pędrak, szkrab

2. (colloquial, humorous) bud (friend)

   Synonym: kumpel

Declension

Declension of fąfel

	singular	plural
nominative	fąfel	fąfele/fąfle (deprecative)
genitive	fąfla	fąfli/fąflów
dative	fąflowi	fąflom
accusative	fąfla	fąfli/fąflów
instrumental	fąflem	fąflami
locative	fąflu	fąflach
vocative	fąflu	fąfele

Noun

fąfel m animal

1. (colloquial) booger, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in the nostril)

   Synonyms: babol, koza, smark

2. (colloquial) blotch, pimple

   Synonyms: krosta, pryszcz

Declension

Declension of fąfel

	singular	plural
nominative	fąfel	fąfle
genitive	fąfla	fąfli
dative	fąflowi	fąflom
accusative	fąfla	fąfle
instrumental	fąflem	fąflami
locative	fąflu	fąflach
vocative	fąflu	fąfle

Related terms

(nouns):

• fafuła
• fąfry

Further reading

• fąfel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fąfel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “fąfel”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 107