See also: mydlo and mýdlo

Lower Sorbian edit

 
mydło

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Upper Sorbian mydło, from Proto-Slavic *mydlo, after the inherited form (also mydło) was displaced by zejpa (from German Seife). Equivalent to myś (to wash) +‎ -dło.[1]

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Noun edit

mydło n inan

  1. soap (substance used for cleaning)

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References edit

  1. ^ Bartels, H. (2009). Lower Sorbian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mydlo. By surface analysis, myć +‎ -dło.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɨd.wɔ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨdwɔ
  • Syllabification: myd‧ło

Noun edit

mydło n (diminutive mydełko)

  1. soap (substance)

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Further reading edit

  • mydło in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mydło in Polish dictionaries at PWN