krowa

See also: kröwa and krową

Lower Sorbian

krowa

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *korva, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔwa/, [ˈkrowa]

Noun

krowa f animal (diminutive krowka)

1. cow

Declension

Declension of krowa

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	krowa	krowje	krowy
Genitive	krowy	krowowu	krowow
Dative	krowje	krowoma	krowam
Accusative	krowu	krowje	krowy
Instrumental	krowu	krowoma	krowami
Locative	krowje	krowoma	krowach

Derived terms

• krowaŕ
• krowcycka
• krowicka
• krowiny
• krowisko
• krowiś se
• krowjecy
• krowjeńc
• krowkaŕ

 

Polish

krowa

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *korva.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkrɔ.va/

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• Rhymes: -ɔva
• Syllabification: kro‧wa

Noun

krowa f (diminutive krówka, augmentative krówsko, related adjective krowi)

1. cow (adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved)

   Synonym: krasula

   Coordinate term: byk

2. (informal) cow (any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves)
3. cow (female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants)

   Hypernym: samica

4. (colloquial, offensive) cow, whale (woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult)

   Synonyms: babsko, krówsko

5. (colloquial) large bottle of vodka (0.7 litre or more)

   Synonym: krówka

6. (colloquial, derogatory) object that is too large or too heavy and therefore of little use

   Synonyms: grzmot, kobyła, kolubryna, krówsko

7. (historical, informal) Nebelwerfer (World War II German series of mortar weapons)

Declension

Declension of krowa

	singular	plural
nominative	krowa	krowy
genitive	krowy	krów
dative	krowie	krowom
accusative	krowę	krowy
instrumental	krową	krowami
locative	krowie	krowach
vocative	krowo	krowy

Derived terms

adjectives

• krowiasty

 

nouns

• krowa morska
• krowina
• święta krowa

 

Further reading

• krowa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• krowa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• krowa in PWN's encyclopedia