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opałka

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Old Polish

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Etymology

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From *opałać + -ka, from o- + pałać. First attested in 1495.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɔpaːɫka/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɔpɒɫka/

Noun

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opałka f

  1. (attested in Greater Poland, hapax legomenon) furnace kindling (flammable material used for kindling in a furnace)
    • 1892 [1495], Adolf Warschauer, editor, Sonder-Veröffentlichungen der historischen Gesellschaft für die Provinz Posen, volume I, Poznań, page 390:
      Pro lignis aput Bernhardinos receptis 7 florenos, za opalku 1 grossum, pro luminibus ½ grossi
      [Pro lignis aput Bernhardinos receptis 7 florenos, za opałkę 1 grossum, pro luminibus ½ grossi]

Descendants

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  • Polish: opałka, opáłka (Przemyśl)
  • Silesian: ôpołka

References

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish opałka. By surface analysis, opałać +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -awka
  • Syllabification: o‧pał‧ka

Noun

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opałka f

  1. wicker basket (woven basket used in a farmstead)
    Synonym: kobiałka
    1. (obsolete, metallurgy) basket woven from reeds, twigs or bast on wooden rods, used for carrying coals to a blast furnace
  2. (obsolete) winnow vessel (vessel for winnowing grain)
  3. (obsolete) act of blocking airways or making new ones to conduct a fire when burning a coal fire
  4. (obsolete, in the plural) flakes (bits dropped of, especially from groats)
    Synonym: łuski
  5. (obsolete) cinder; burned hut

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