wilk
See also: Wilk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwɪlk/
- Rhymes: -ɪlk
Noun
wilk (plural wilks)
- (zoology) Obsolete form of whelk.
References
- wilk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Kashubian
Wilk.
Alternative forms
- (archaic) wełk, wôłk
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish wilk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvilk/
- Hyphenation: wilk
Noun
wilk m anim
- wolf (Canis lupus)
References
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “wilk”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wilkás, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. The medical sense after Latin lupus. For the sense “meatgrinder” compare German Fleischwolf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vilk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ilk
- Syllabification: wilk
- Homophone: wilg
Noun
wilk m anim (diminutive wilczek, augmentative wilczysko, feminine wilczyca)
- wolf
- (colloquial) male wolf, he-wolf
- Synonym: basior
- (colloquial) German Shepherd
- Synonyms: owczarek niemiecki, wilczur
- (colloquial) wolfskin
- Synonym: wilczura
Declension
Declension of wilk
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wilk | wilki |
| genitive | wilka | wilków |
| dative | wilkowi | wilkom |
| accusative | wilka | wilki |
| instrumental | wilkiem | wilkami |
| locative | wilku | wilkach |
| vocative | wilku | wilki |
Derived terms
verb
- patrzeć wilkiem
noun
- wilczur
adjective
- wilczy
- wilczy głód
Noun
wilk m inan
- meatgrinder
- (pathology, colloquial) lupus
- Synonym: toczeń
- (botany) water sprout, water shoot
Declension
Declension of wilk
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wilk | wilki |
| genitive | wilku | wilków |
| dative | wilkowi | wilkom |
| accusative | wilk | wilki |
| instrumental | wilkiem | wilkami |
| locative | wilku | wilkach |
| vocative | wilku | wilki |
Derived terms
noun
- bajka o żelaznym wilku
Further reading
- wilk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wilk in Polish dictionaries at PWN