piastun

Polish

Etymology

From piastować +‎ -un.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjas.tun/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ˈpjas.tun/

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• Rhymes: -astun
• Syllabification: pias‧tun

Noun

piastun m pers (female equivalent piastunka)

1. (literary) man who looks after children
2. (historical) in early medieval Poland, a high-ranking official responsible for the upbringing of royal children
3. (rare, obsolete) young boy whom one is caring for or raising

Declension

Declension of piastun

	singular	plural
nominative	piastun	piastuni/piastunowie
genitive	piastuna	piastunów
dative	piastunowi	piastunom
accusative	piastuna	piastunów
instrumental	piastunem	piastunami
locative	piastunie	piastunach
vocative	piastunie	piastuni/piastunowie

Noun

piastun m animal (female equivalent piastunka)

1. (hunting) male bear cub under the care of his mother
2. (hunting) male wolf that watches over his pack's cubs while their parents are hunting

Declension

Declension of piastun

	singular	plural
nominative	piastun	piastuny
genitive	piastuna	piastunów
dative	piastunowi	piastunom
accusative	piastuna	piastuny
instrumental	piastunem	piastunami
locative	piastunie	piastunach
vocative	piastunie	piastuny

Noun

piastun m inan

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) stake used to hold up young trees

Further reading

• piastun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• piastun in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “piastun”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 137