fígeľ
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Polish figiel.[1] Compare Czech fígl,[1] Ukrainian фі́гель (fíhelʹ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fígeľ m inan (diminutive fíglik)
- trick, prank, joke, fooling around
- trick, ruse, scam, deception, subterfuge, cunning, sleight
- cunning, keenness, shrewdness, quick-wittedness
- intelligence, wit, brightness
- Synonyms: šibalstvo, figliarstvo, huncútstvo, lapajstvo, šantivosť, zbojstvo
Declension edit
Declension of fígeľ
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “figiel”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna, page 121
Further reading edit
- “fígeľ”, 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