cebula

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cebula"

Polish
cebule

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German zibolle, zebülle, zwibole, from Late Latin cēpulla, from Latin cēpa.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛˈbu.la/
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  • Rhymes: -ula
  • Syllabification: ce‧bu‧la
  • Homophone: Cebula

Noun

cebula f (diminutive cebulka, related adjective cebulowy)

  1. onion (Allium cepa)
  2. onion (bulb of this vegetable)
  3. (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root)
    cebula tulipana ― tulip bulb
  4. (architecture) onion-shaped dome of a building
    Hypernym: kopuła
  5. (colloquial) turnip (old-fashioned pocket watch)

Declension
Declension of cebula
singular plural
nominative cebula cebule
genitive cebuli cebul/cebuli
dative cebuli cebulom
accusative cebulę cebule
instrumental cebulą cebulami
locative cebuli cebulach
vocative cebulo cebule

Derived terms
adjectives
  • cebulasty
  • cebulowaty
nouns
adjectives
  • cebulkowaty
  • cebulkowy
nouns
  • cebulowatość

Descendants
  • → Old Ruthenian: цибу́лꙗ (cibúlja), цебу́лꙗ (cebúlja), цыбу́лꙗ (cybúlja)
    • Belarusian: цыбу́ля (cybúlja)
    • Carpathian Rusyn: цибу́ля (cybúlja)
    • Ukrainian: цибу́ля (cybúlja); цебу́ля (cebúlja) (dialectal)
    • → Russian: цибу́ля (cibúlja) (dialectal)

Further reading
  • cebula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • cebula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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