papuga

See also: papūga, papugą, and papūgą

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish papağan, from Arabic بَبَّغَاء (babbaḡāʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈpuɡa/

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• Rhymes: -uɡa
• Syllabification: pa‧pu‧ga

Noun

papuga f (diminutive papużka)

1. parrot (bird)
2. (colloquial) parroter (person who repeats the words or ideas of others)

Declension

Declension of papuga

	singular	plural
nominative	papuga	papugi
genitive	papugi	papug
dative	papudze	papugom
accusative	papugę	papugi
instrumental	papugą	papugami
locative	papudze	papugach
vocative	papugo	papugi

Noun

papuga m pers

1. (prison slang or slang) advocate, attorney, lawyer

   Synonyms: adwokat, (derogatory) kauzyperda

2. (Warsaw, possibly dated) nightwatchman

Declension

Declension of papuga

	singular	plural
nominative	papuga	papudzy/papugi (deprecative)
genitive	papugi	papugów
dative	papudze	papugom
accusative	papugę	papugów
instrumental	papugą	papugami
locative	papudze	papugach
vocative	papugo	papudzy

Derived terms

adjective

• papuzi

 

noun

• papużka

 

verb

• papugować

 

Further reading

• papuga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• papuga in Polish dictionaries at PWN