gargamel
Polish
editEtymology
editAfter the character Gargamel in the Smurfs media franchise.[1]
The character himself is originally named in French after Gargamelle, Gargantua's mother in François Rabelais' pentalogy, whose name he derived from Occitan gargamèla (“throat”). Compare Catalan gargamella and French gargamelle.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgargamel m animal
Declension
editDeclension of gargamel
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gargamel | gargamle |
| genitive | gargamla | gargamli |
| dative | gargamlowi | gargamlom |
| accusative | gargamla | gargamle |
| instrumental | gargamlem | gargamlami |
| locative | gargamlu | gargamlach |
| vocative | gargamlu | gargamle |
References
edit- ^ Adam Fałowski (2022) “gargamel”, in Słownik etymologiczny polszczyzny potocznej, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- gargamel at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
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- Polish eponyms
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- Polish terms derived from Occitan
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