kuć

See also: Kuć, kuc, kuč, kuç, kú·c, and küç

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kuti (“to forge”)[1], from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kouʔ-[1], from Proto-Indo-European *kowh₂- (“to beat”)[1].

Cognate with Czech kout[1], Bulgarian кова́ (ková)[1], Russian кова́ть (kovátʹ)[1], Lithuanian káuti (“to smite”)[1][2], kovà (“fight”)[2], Latin cūdere[1][2] and Old High German houwan[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kut͡ɕ/
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Verb

kuć impf

  1. to forge (to shape a metal)
  2. to shoe (to put horseshoes on a horse)
  3. (colloquial) to cram, to swot; to learn by rote

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 241-242. →ISBN
  2. 1 2 3 Brückner, Aleksander (1927) Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, published 1985, page 279-280

Further reading

  • kuć in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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