Ikar

See also: ikar

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Īcarus, from Ancient Greek Ἴκαρος (Íkaros).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈi.kar/
  • Rhymes: -ikar
  • Syllabification: I‧kar

Proper noun

Ikar m pers

  1. (Greek mythology) Icarus (Greek mythological figure, son of Daedalus, who escaped from the Cretan labyrinth of Knossos by flying with wings made from feathers and wax, but flew too near to the sun, which melted the wax in the wings, so he fell down and drowned in the Aegean Sea)

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
  • ikarowy
  • Ikarowy
nouns
  • Ikarowy lot
  • kompleks Ikara

Further reading

  • Ikar in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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