bełkot
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Deverbal from bełkotać. For the semantic shifts, compare English burble.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bełkot m inan (diminutive bełkocik)
- burble, stammer, babble, mammering (unclear speech)
- burble, gibberish, gobbledygook (a complex or unclear statement)
- Z jego ust dobywał się kompletny bełkot. ― From his mouth came complete gobbledygook.
- Takiego bełkotu jak od niej to już dawno nie słyszałem. ― I’ve never heard such gobbledygook from her before.
- gibberish, gobbledygook (a complex or unclear statement)
- (literary) burble (the sound of moving water)
- Synonym: bulgot
Declension edit
Declension of bełkot
Related terms edit
adjective
adverb
noun
verbs
- bełkotać impf, wybełkotać pf, zabełkotać pf