cegła

Polish

cegły

Etymology

From Middle High German ziegel, from Latin tēgula (“roof-tile”), from tegō (“I cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“to cover with a roof”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.ɡwa/
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Noun

cegła f (diminutive cegiełka)

brick

Declension

declension of cegła

	singular	plural
nominative	cegła	cegły
genitive	cegły	cegieł
dative	cegle	cegłom
accusative	cegłę	cegły
instrumental	cegłą	cegłami
locative	cegle	cegłach
vocative	cegło	cegły

Related terms

(nouns) cegielnia, cegielnik, ceglak, ceglarz, cegłówka
(adjectives) ceglany, ceglasty

Descendants

→ Belarusian: цэ́гла (céhla)
→ Ukrainian: це́гла (céhla)

Further reading

cegła in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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