lawina

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Lawine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈvi.na/

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: la‧wi‧na

Noun

lawina f (diminutive lawinka)

1. avalanche

   Synonym: (rare) awalansza

2. avalanche (a large amount)

Declension

Declension of lawina

	singular	plural
nominative	lawina	lawiny
genitive	lawiny	lawin
dative	lawinie	lawinom
accusative	lawinę	lawiny
instrumental	lawiną	lawinami
locative	lawinie	lawinach
vocative	lawino	lawiny

Derived terms

adjectives

• lawiniasty
• lawinowy

 

adverbs

• lawiniasto
• lawinowo

 

nouns

• lawinisko
• lawinowiec

 

Further reading

• lawina in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• lawina in Polish dictionaries at PWN