ptaszek

== Polish == === Alternative forms === ptaszka (Northern Borderlands, Lithuania) ptaska (Podlachia, Tykocin) ptásek (“type of pea”) (Biecz, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish ptaszek. By surface analysis, ptach +‎ -ek. Sense 2 refers to the similarity of a checkmark to a basic drawing of a bird with wings spread out. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aʂɛk Syllabification: pta‧szek === Noun === ptaszek m animal (diminutive (dialectal) ptasecka) diminutive of ptak (informal) checkmark, tick (colloquial, usually childish) pee-pee, wee-wee (male genitalia) (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Central Greater Poland, Miloslaw, Eastern Greater Poland, Szołajdy, Near Masovian, Rościszewo, Warsaw, Międzyrzec Podlaski, Lasovia, Tarnobrzeg County, Nisko County, Biecz, Ropczyce-Sędziszów County, Western Lublin, Chmielnik, Northern Borderlands, Lithuania) type of game ==== Declension ==== The dative singular form ptaskoju is found in the Far Masovian dialect (Przasnysz) The nominative plural form ptaskowie is found in the Near Masovian dialect (Jagodne) === References === === Further reading === “ptaszek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “ptaszek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) Jan Karłowicz (1906), “ptak”, in Jan Łoś, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 4: P, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 446