pôlc

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɞlt͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɞlt͡s
• Syllabification: pôlc

Noun

pôlc m inan (diminutive pôlck, related adjective pôlcowi)

1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe
2. clothes line pole (pole for holding up a clothes line)
3. turnip cut into long cubes, brewed with boiling water together with potatoes and cooked with goose
4. snot; booger (material expelled by the nose)

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “pôlc”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 130
• Sychta, Bernard (1970) “palec, palc, pålc”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 4 (P – Ř), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 13
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “palec”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “palec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “pôlc”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022