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Etymology 1 edit

Inherited from Old Polish cynek, cynk. Doublet of pięć (five) and poncz (punch).

Noun edit

cynek m inan

  1. (card games, dice games, dominoes) cinque
    Synonym: piątka
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from German Zink.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

cynek m inan

  1. (music) cornett, cornetto (trumpet-like wind instrument used in European music of the medieval)
    Synonyms: kornet, piszczałka
Declension edit

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