kolka

== Polish == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔlka Syllabification: kol‧ka Homophone: Kolka === Etymology 1 === Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin colica, from Ancient Greek κωλῐκή (kōlĭkḗ). Influenced by etymology 2, compare Ukrainian ко́лька (kólʹka), Lower Sorbian kólka for the same change. ==== Noun ==== kolka f stitch (intense stabbing pain under the lower edge of the ribcage) colic (form of acute pain) ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== kolika (Middle Polish) ===== Descendants ===== →? Kashubian: kòlka === Etymology 2 === From kłóć (“to prick”) +‎ -ka (first person singular kolę). Compare Kashubian kòlka, Ukrainian ко́лька (kólʹka). ==== Noun ==== kolka f thorn (a sharp protective spine of a plant) Synonyms: kolec, cierń needle (leaf of conifers) Synonyms: igła, szpilka three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) Synonyms: ciernik, czart, kat (Łowicz, in the plural) worst type of tow (pakuła) (Łowicz, Złaków Kościelny) synonym of łopian (“burdock fruit”) ===== Declension ===== ==== Interjection ==== kolka (Near Masovian, Łowicz, mildly vulgar) used as a general swear word; damn it! === Further reading === “kolka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “kolka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889), “kolka”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny‎[3] (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 242 Halina Świderska (1929), “kolka”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 106