kaczka

== Polish == === Alternative forms === kacka === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish kaczka, from Proto-Slavic *kačьka, a West Slavic innovation of onomatopoeic origin (for the duck's cry, compare English quack for a similar formation) which replaced Proto-Slavic *ǫtь (“duck”) in West Slavic. Cognates include Czech kachna, kačka, and Slovak kačka, kačica. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -at͡ʂka Syllabification: kacz‧ka Homophone: Kaczka === Noun === kaczka f (male equivalent kaczor, diminutive kaczuszka, related adjective kaczy) duck (bird) duck meat urinal (bottle) (aeronautics) canard (colloquial) false information, canard (colloquial, music) wah-wah pedal (Kuyavia, fishing) certain part of a seine ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Low Prussian: Katschke === References === === Further reading === “kaczka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “kaczka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “kaczka”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (28.05.2019), “KACKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century] Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “kaczka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna Oskar Kolberg (1867), “kaczka”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271