grzebło

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish grzebło. By surface analysis, grzebać + -ło.[1] Cognate with Czech hřeblo.

Pronunciation

Noun

grzebło n

  1. (Middle Polish) currycomb
    Synonyms: szropa, zgrzebło
  2. (Middle Polish) firestick, poker (rod used for stirring fire)
    Synonyms: haczyk, ożóg, pogrzebacz
  3. (Middle Polish, spinning) card (hand-held tool for preparing materials for spinning)
    Synonyms: grępel, zgrzebło

Declension

nouns
verbs

References

  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “grzebać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “grzebło”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
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