wilk

See also: Wilk

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɪlk

Noun

wilk (plural wilks)

  1. (zoology) Obsolete form of whelk.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for wilk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *wílkas, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vʲilk/
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Noun

wilk m anim (diminutive wilczek, augmentative wilczysko, feminine wilczyca)

  1. wolf
  2. (colloquial) male wolf, he-wolf
  3. (colloquial) German Shepherd
  4. (colloquial) wolfskin

Declension
declension of wilk
singular plural
nominative wilk wilki
genitive wilka wilków
dative wilkowi wilkom
accusative wilka wilki
instrumental wilkiem wilkami
locative wilku wilkach
vocative wilku wilki

Derived terms
  • (verb) patrzeć wilkiem
  • (noun) wilczur
  • (adjective) wilczy
    • wilczy głód

Synonyms

Noun

wilk m inan

  1. meatgrinder
  2. (medicine, colloquial) lupus

Declension
declension of wilk
singular plural
nominative wilk wilki
genitive wilku wilków
dative wilkowi wilkom
accusative wilk wilki
instrumental wilkiem wilkami
locative wilku wilkach
vocative wilku wilki

Synonyms

Further reading
  • wilk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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