nosek

See also: Nosek

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nasús

Proto-Slavic *nosъ

Old Polish nos

Polish nos

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas

Proto-Slavic *-kъ

Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ

Old Polish -ek

Polish -ek

Polish nosek

From nos + -ek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.sɛk/

• (Borderlands):
  • (Northern Borderlands) IPA^(key): [ˈnɔ.sɛk]

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• Rhymes: -ɔsɛk
• Syllabification: no‧sek
• Homophone: Nosek

Noun

nosek m inan (diminutive noseczek)

1. diminutive of nos
2. little nose
3. (colloquial) maple samara
4. (colloquial) toe (part of a shoe covering the toe)
5. (colloquial) nib (tip of a pen)

Declension

Declension of nosek

	singular	plural
nominative	nosek	noski
genitive	noska	nosków
dative	noskowi	noskom
accusative	nosek	noski
instrumental	noskiem	noskami
locative	nosku	noskach
vocative	nosku	noski

Noun

nosek m animal

1. (Northern Borderlands, Lithuania, card games) synonym of nos (“type of card game”)

Further reading

• “nosek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “nosek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Jan Karłowicz (1903), “nos”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 334