karw

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish karw, a back-formation from karwa, from Proto-Slavic *kòrva, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kárˀwāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-weh₂, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head, top, horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /karf/
• Rhymes: -arf
• Syllabification: karw

Noun

karw m animal

1. (obsolete) old languid ox

   Hypernym: wół

Declension

Declension of karw

	singular	plural
nominative	karw	karwy
genitive	karwu	karwów
dative	karwowi	karwom
accusative	karwu	karwy
instrumental	karwem	karwami
locative	karwie	karwach
vocative	karwie	karwy

Related terms

adjective

• krowi

 

noun

• krowa

 

Further reading

• karw in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Silesian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarf/
• Rhymes: -arf
• Syllabification: karw

Noun

karw m animal

1. ox

Further reading

• Bogdan Kallus (2020) “karw”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 320