parówa

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation of parówka. First attested in 1974.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈru.va/

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• Rhymes: -uva
• Syllabification: pa‧ró‧wa

Noun

parówa f

1. (humorous) Augmentative of parówka (“Vienna sausage”)
2. (colloquial) Augmentative of parówka (“steam”) (heated, humid air)
3. (vulgar) Augmentative of parówka (“wiener, penis”)
4. (prison slang, vulgar) bitch (prisoner who is the lowest in the hierarchy and whom other prisoners have the right to sexually abuse)
5. (derogatory) Synonym of pedał (“faggot”) (homosexual male)
6. (derogatory) bitch; faggot (male person of a low opinion)
7. (Warsaw, historical) Augmentative of parówka (“Warsaw tram”) (three-door tram with a characteristic narrow shape, rounded at the ends, used mainly in Warsaw from the early 1960s to the early 21st century)

Declension

Declension of parówa

	singular	plural
nominative	parówa	parówy
genitive	parówy	parów
dative	parówie	parówom
accusative	parówę	parówy
instrumental	parówą	parówami
locative	parówie	parówach
vocative	parówo	parówy

Further reading

• parówa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• parówa in the Korpus Języka Polskiego PWN [PWN Corpus of the Polish Language]