knôp

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German knappe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɞp/
• Rhymes: -ɞp
• Syllabification: knôp

Noun

knôp m pers (diminutive knôpiã or knôpk or knôpik)

1. boy, lad, youngster
   • 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa‎^[1], page 54:

     Cuż të zrobjił, głupi knopje!

     What have you done, you stupid boy!

Declension

Declension of knôp

	singular	plural
nominative	knôp	knôpi/knôpë (deprecative)
genitive	knôpa	knôpóm
dative	knôpù	knôpów
accusative	knôpa	kùchë
instrumental	knôpã	knôpama
locative	knôpie	knôpach
vocative	knôpie	knôpi/knôpë (deprecative)

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “knôp”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 72
• Sychta, Bernard (1968) “knåp”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 2 (H – L), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 177
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “chłopiec”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “chłopiec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “knôp”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022