Skip to main content

karzełek

//kaˈʐɛ.wɛk//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

karzełek is the diminutive form of karzeł — “dwarf (short mythical humanoid).

See the full entry for karzeł

Definitions of karzeł noun · /ˈka.ʐɛw/

Full entry for karzeł
  1. 1.dwarf (short mythical humanoid)
  2. 2.midget, dwarf (unusually short person)
  3. 3.runt, dwarf (unusually small animal or plant)
  4. 4.midget, dwarf (something relatively bad in some characteristic or in some area) (usually with a specifying adjective describing it)
  5. 5.dwarf star (unusually dim star)

Etymology of karzeł

Inherited from Old Polish karzeł, from Middle High German karl, karle, from Old High German karl, karal, from Proto-Germanic *karilaz, diminutive of *karaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂-.

Etymology

From karzeł + -ek.

Paradigm of karzeł, with karzełek highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
karzeł
Plural
karły
Genitive
Singular
karła
Plural
karłów
Dative
Singular
karłowi
Plural
karłom
Accusative
Singular
karła
Plural
karły
Instrumental
Singular
karłem
Plural
karłami
Locative
Singular
karle
Plural
karłach
Vocative
Singular
karle
Plural
karły

Nearby Polish words

Browse the Polish dictionary →