kuś

See also: Kuś, kus, Kus, kūs, Kūs, kuş, and kú·s

Old Polish

Etymology

Probably from kur with unattested meaning “penis” (compare Kashubian kùrc, Serbo-Croatian ку̏рацkȕrac) + .[1] Orignally “(little) penis” (attested since Middle Polish) > “young boy” (compare dialectal Polish kusiu (little boy)). Compare Belarusian ку́сік (kúsik, penis, childish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ku(ː)ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /kuɕ/

Noun

kuś m animacy unattested

  1. apprentice baker
    • 1908 [c. 1500], Bolesław Erzepki, editor, Przyczynki do średniowiecznego słownictwa polskiego. I. Glosy polskie wpisane do łacińsko-niemieckiego słownika drukowanego w roku 1490, Lubiń, page 36:
      Ciniflos kvs, kvchczyk, quasi in cinerem flans
      [Ciniflos kuś, kuchcik, quasi in cinerem flans]

References

  1. Sławski, Franciszek (1966-1969) “kuś”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volumes III: Kotar—Kysz, Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego, page 437

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uɕ
  • Syllabification: kuś

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish kuś. By surface analysis, kur + .

Noun

kuś m animal

  1. (archaic) cock, dick (penis)
Declension
Derived terms
nouns

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kuś

  1. second-person singular imperative of kusić

Further reading

  • kuś in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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