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widek

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Maltese

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Root
w-d-k
1 term

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic وَدَك (wadak).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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widek m

  1. rottenness
  2. corruption

Mokilese

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Verb

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widek

  1. (intransitive) to pour

Derived terms

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -idɛk
  • Syllabification: wi‧dek

Etymology 1

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Variation of widok. First attested in the 20th century.[1]

Noun

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widek m inan

  1. (obsolete or regional) Alternative form of widok.
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Hungarian vidék.[2] First attested in the 16th century.[3] Compare Slovak vidiek.

Noun

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widek m inan

  1. (Middle Polish or regional) region; country; county

References

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  1. ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “widek”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 548
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “widek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  3. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “widek”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

Further reading

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  • Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume 1, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, 1904, page 310