cynek
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Polish cynek, cynk. Doublet of pięć (“five”) and poncz (“punch”).
Noun edit
cynek m inan
- (card games, dice games, dominoes) cinque
- Synonym: piątka
Declension edit
Declension of cynek
Etymology 2 edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
cynek m inan
- (music) cornett, cornetto (trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval)
- Synonyms: kornet, piszczałka
Declension edit
Declension of cynek
Further reading edit
- cynek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “1. cynek”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “2. cynek”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “cynek”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna