ogon

== Polish == === Alternative forms === ôgon (Przemyśl) === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ogonъ, from *o- +‎ *gonъ (“pursuit, chase”). Compare Czech ohon, Silesian ôgōn, and Lower Sorbian wogon. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔɡɔn Syllabification: o‧gon Homophone: Ogon === Noun === ogon m inan (diminutive ogonek, related adjective ogonowy) tail (caudal appendage of an animal) (Lasovia, by extension) synonym of bydło (“individual cattle”) Mam trzy ogony w oborze. ― I have three cattle in the cowshed. (colloquial) queue, line, lineup (colloquial) penis Gdzie ogon rządzi, tam głowa błądzi. ― Where the penis rules, the head wanders. (Southern Greater Poland, Rawicz, Pakosław, Golejewko) tail (end of a wedding) Coordinate term: czoło ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === ogon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN ogon in Polish dictionaries at PWN Oskar Kolberg (1865), “ogon”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 263 Jan Karłowicz (1900), “czoło”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 1: A do E, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 285