wiking
Polish
Etymology
From Old Norse víkingr (“bay's dweller”), from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz. Doublet of wiciądz (“hero, warrior”) and witeź (“hero, valiant knight”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvi.kiŋk/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ikiŋk
- Syllabification: wi‧king
Noun
wiking m pers
- (historical) Viking (one of the Scandinavian or other Northern European seafaring warriors that raided (and then settled) the British Isles and other parts of Europe in the 8th to the 11th centuries and, according to many historians, were the first Europeans to reach North America)
- Hypernym: wojownik
Declension
Declension of wiking
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | wiking | wikingowie |
| genitive | wikinga | wikingów |
| dative | wikingowi | wikingom |
| accusative | wikinga | wikingów |
| instrumental | wikingiem | wikingami |
| locative | wikingu | wikingach |
| vocative | wikingu | wikingowie |
Derived terms
adjective
- wikiński
Further reading
- wiking in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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