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namówka

//naˈmuf.ka/ | /nɒˈmof.ka//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

namówka is the diminutive form of namowa — “persuasion, convincing.

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Definitions of namowa noun · /naˈmɔ.va/ | /nɒˈmɔ.va/

Full entry for namowa
  1. 1.persuasion, convincing
  2. 2.statement, utterance
  3. 3.deliberation
  4. 4.resolution, enactment

Etymology of namowa

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *na- Old Polish na- Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-der. Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *mъlviti Old Polish mówić Old Polish namówić Old Polish namowa Polish namowa Inherited from Old Polish namowa. By surface analysis, deverbal from namówić.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *na- Old Polish na- Proto-Indo-European *mlewH-der. Proto-Slavic *mъ̀lva Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *mъlviti Old Polish mówić Old Polish namówić Old Polish namowa Polish namowa Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Polish -ka Polish -ka Polish namówka From namowa + -ka. First attested in 1554.

Paradigm of namowa, with namówka highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
namowa
Plural
namowy
Genitive
Singular
namowy
Plural
namów
Dative
Singular
namowie
Plural
namowom
Accusative
Singular
namowę
Plural
namowy
Instrumental
Singular
namową
Plural
namowami
Locative
Singular
namowie
Plural
namowach
Vocative
Singular
namowo
Plural
namowy

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