wilk

See also: Wilk

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈwɪlk/
  • Rhymes: -ɪlk

Noun

wilk (plural wilks)

  1. (zoology) Obsolete form of whelk.

References
  • wilk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Kashubian
Wilk.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish wilk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvilk/
  • Hyphenation: wilk

Noun

wilk m anim

  1. 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)

  1. wolf
  2. (colloquial) male wolf, he-wolf
    Synonym: basior
  3. (colloquial) German Shepherd
    Synonyms: owczarek niemiecki, wilczur
  4. (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
adjective

Noun

wilk m inan

  1. meatgrinder
  2. (pathology, colloquial) lupus
    Synonym: toczeń
  3. (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

Further reading
  • wilk in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wilk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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