kłęk

See also: klek, Klek, klęk, and Klęk

Polish

kłęk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klǫkъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from klęknąć. Originally dialectal, reintroduced in 1902 in sense 1.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɛŋk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋk
• Syllabification: kłęk

Noun

kłęk m inan

2. coffee tree (any plant of the genus Gymnocladus)
3. (dialectal, botany) stump, piece of knot, broken off branch

Declension

Declension of kłęk

	singular	plural
nominative	kłęk	kłęki
genitive	kłęku	kłęków
dative	kłękowi	kłękom
accusative	kłęk	kłęki
instrumental	kłękiem	kłękami
locative	kłęku	kłękach
vocative	kłęku	kłęki

Further reading

• kłęk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “kłęk”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), volume 1, →ISBN, pages 717–718
• Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965) “kłęk”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes II: K—Kot, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 256