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palec

Czech edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Czech palec, from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpalɛt͡s]
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Noun edit

palec m inan (related adjective palcový, diminutive paleček or palček)

  1. thumb
  2. big toe
  3. inch
    Synonym: coul

Declension edit

Declension of palec (soft masculine inanimate reducible)
singular plural
nominative palec palce
genitive palce palců
dative palci palcům
accusative palec palce
vocative palci palce
locative palci palcích
instrumental palcem palci

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • palec in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • palec in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • palec in Internetová jazyková příručka

Anagrams edit

Masurian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish palec.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈpalɛt͡s]
  • Syllabification: pa‧lec

Noun edit

palec m inan

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe
  2. finger (part of a glove covering one's finger)
  3. pin serving as a plug
  4. tapered, pointed, often curved end of something

Further reading edit

  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “palec”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎[2], volume 6, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 13-14

Old Czech edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈpalɛt͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈpalɛt͡s/

Noun edit

palec m inan

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger
  2. (unit of measure) finger (length measure corresponding to the width of the thumb)
  3. tooth of a gear

Declension edit

Declension of palec (soft o-stem reducible)
singular dual plural
nominative palec palcě palci, palcové
genitive palcě palcú palcóv
dative palcu palcoma palcóm
accusative palec palcě palcě
vocative palcu palcě palci, palcové
locative palci, palcu palcú palcích
instrumental palcem palcoma palci
This table shows the most common forms around the 13th century.
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.

Descendants edit

  • Czech: palec

References edit

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /palʲɛt͡s/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /palʲɛt͡s/

Noun edit

palec m ?

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe
    • 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter]‎[3], Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 8, 4:
      Bo vzrzø nebossa twoia, dzala palczow twogich (opera digitorum tuorum), mesøcz y gwazdy, iesz ies ty vczinil
      [Bo uźrzę niebiosa twoja, działa palców twojich (opera digitorum tuorum), miesiąc i gwiazdy, jeż ieś ty uczynił]
    • 1876 [c. 1455], Vatroslav Jagić, editor, Archiv für slavische Philologie‎[4], volume XIV, page 491:
      Noszny palecz pedica
      [Nożny palec pedica]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 97v:
      Pedicus nozny pąleczPedicus nozny palec
      [-]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms edit

adjectives
nouns

Descendants edit

References edit

Old Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь. First attested in 1473.

Noun edit

palec m inan

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe
    1. (anatomy, more specifically) big finger; big toe
  2. (unit of measure) finger
  3. tooth of a gear

Descendants edit

References edit

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “palec”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Polish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish palec.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

palec m inan (diminutive paluszek, augmentative paluch, related adjective palcowy)

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe
  2. finger; toe (part of clothing that covers one finger or toe)
  3. (by extension) finger (movable, elongated part of a device resembling a finger)
  4. (Middle Polish, unit of measure) finger
  5. (Middle Polish, astronomy, geometry) uncia (unit of length equal to 1/12 of the diameter)

Declension edit

Declension of palec
singular plural
nominative palec palce
genitive palca palców
dative palcowi palcom
accusative palec palce
instrumental palcem palcami
locative palcu palcach
vocative palcu palce

Derived terms edit

adjectives
adverbs
nouns
verbs

Related terms edit

adjectives

Trivia edit

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), palec is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 10 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 3 times in essays, 42 times in fiction, and 11 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 66 times, making it the 991st most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “palec”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 352

Further reading edit

  • palec in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • palce in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • palec in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “palec”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Paweł Kupiszewski (05.03.2013) “PALEC”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “palec”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[5]
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “palec”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎[6]
  • A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “palec”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎[7] (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 16
  • palec in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Silesian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish palec.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

palec m inan

  1. (anatomy) digit; finger; toe

Declension edit

Declension of palec
singular plural
nominative palec palce
genitive palca palcōw
dative palcowi palcōm
accusative palec palce
instrumental palcym palcami/palcōma
locative palcu palcach
vocative palcu palce

Further reading edit

  • palec in dykcjonorz.eu
  • palec in silling.org
  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “palec”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 109
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “palec”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski‎[8], page 466

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Slovak palec, from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

palec m inan (genitive singular palca, nominative plural palce, genitive plural palcov)

  1. (anatomy) big finger; big toe
  2. finger (part of a glove covering one's finger)
  3. (historical, unit of measure) finger

Declension edit

Declension of palec
singular plural
nominative palec palce
genitive palca palcov
dative palcu palcom
accusative palec palce
locative palci palcoch
instrumental palcom palcami


References edit

  • “palec”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene edit

 
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Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pàlьcь.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

pȃləc m inan

  1. thumb (digit)

Inflection edit

 
 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Masculine inan., soft o-stem
nom. sing. pálec
gen. sing. pálca
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		pálec pálca pálci
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		pálca pálcev pálcev
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		pálcu pálcema pálcem
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		pálec pálca pálce
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		pálcu pálcih pálcih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		pálcem pálcema pálci

Further reading edit

  • “palec”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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