-anka
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSuffix
edit-anka f (masculine -anin)
Etymology 2
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Suffix
edit-anka f
- attached to surnames ending with -a and -g, -ge, -go, sometimes to other nouns, to form feminine proper nouns meaning “daughter of”
- Zaręba + -anka → Zarębianka
Etymology 3
editSuffix
edit-anka f
- purely structural suffix, forms feminine nouns of various kind
- pończochy + -anka → Pippi Pończoszanka
- zapiekać + -anka → zapiekanka
- rąbać + -anka → rąbanka
Declension
editDeclension of -anka