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wibrys

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Polish

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wibrysy

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from New Latin vibrissae.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.brɘs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ibrɘs
  • Syllabification: wi‧brys

Noun

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wibrys m inan

  1. whisker (one of the long, projecting hairs growing at the sides of the mouth of a cat, or other animal)
    Synonyms: włos czuciowy, (colloquial) wąs

Declension

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Declension of wibrys
singular plural
nominative wibrys wibrysy
genitive wibrysu wibrysów
dative wibrysowi wibrysom
accusative wibrys wibrysy
instrumental wibrysem wibrysami
locative wibrysie wibrysach
vocative wibrysie wibrysy

References

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  1. ^ Elżbieta Sobol, editor (1995), Słownik wyrazów obcych (in Polish), Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN

Further reading

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  • wibryss in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
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