Murcki

Polish

Murcki

Etymology

Most likely from murcek (“grimy, dirty person”) in the Silesian dialect referring to the local coal miners because the mine did not have a bathhouse. Also possibly from umurckane (“dirty”) (also Silesian) in reference to a legend in which children brought home coal from a forest and their mother—who was angered by the coal dirt—threw it into the fire leading to the discovery of coal as a source of heat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmur.t͡ski/
• Rhymes: -urt͡ski
• Syllabification: Mur‧cki

Proper noun

Murcki nvir pl

1. Murcki (a district of Katowice, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Murcki

	plural
nominative	Murcki
genitive	Murcek
dative	Murckom
accusative	Murcki
instrumental	Murckami
locative	Murckach
vocative	Murcki

Derived terms

adjective

• murckowski

 

Further reading

• Murcki in Polish dictionaries at PWN