bociani
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish bociani. By surface analysis, bocian + -i.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔˈt͡ɕa.ɲi/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɲi
- Syllabification: bo‧cia‧ni
Adjective
bociani (not comparable)
- (relational) stork
- Synonym: bocianowy
- bociani dziób ― a stork's beak
- bociani klekot ― a stork's clack
- bociani szlak ― a stork's trail
- bociania para ― a stork couple
- bociania rodzina ― a stork family
- bocianie nogi ― stork legs
Declension
Declension of bociani
| case | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine personal/animate | masculine inanimate | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||
| nominative, vocative | bociani | bocianie | bociania | bociani | bocianie | ||
| genitive | bocianiego | bocianiej | bocianich | ||||
| dative | bocianiemu | bocianim | |||||
| accusative | bocianiego | bociani | bocianie | bocianią | bocianich | bocianie | |
| instrumental | bocianim | bocianimi | |||||
| locative | bocianiej | bocianich | |||||
Derived terms
noun
- bocianie gniazdo
Related terms
adjectives
- bocianowaty
- bocianowy
nouns
- bocian
- bocianek
- bocianiątko
- bocianica
- bocianiec
- bocianię
- bocianka
- bocianowa
- bocianowate
- bociek
- boć
Further reading
- bociani in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- bociani in Polish dictionaries at PWN