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ganek

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle High German ganc, from Old High German gang. Doublet of gang.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -anɛk
  • Syllabification: ga‧nek

Noun

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ganek m inan (diminutive ganeczek, related adjective gankowy)

  1. porch
    Synonym: portyk
  2. (Central Greater Poland) garden path
  3. (Central Greater Poland, Oborniki) Synonym of aleja

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Belarusian: га́нак (hának)
  • Ukrainian: ґа́нок (gánok)
  • Yiddish: גאַניק (ganik) (probably)

Further reading

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  • ganek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ganek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “ganki”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 18