arbuz

See also: arbùz and arbüz

Polish

arbuz sense 1

arbuzy sense 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian арбу́з (arbúz). First attested in 1613. Doublet of harbuz, an obsolete borrowing from Ukrainian. Compare Old Polish karbusz.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈar.bus/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈar.bus/

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• Rhymes: -arbus
• Syllabification: ar‧buz

Noun

arbuz m animal or m inan (related adjective arbuzowy)

2. watermelon (any plant of the genus Citrullus)

   Synonym: (regional) kawon

4. watermelon (fruit of this plant)

   Synonym: (regional) kawon

5. (obsolete) pumpkin, gourd, squash (any plant of the genus Cucurbita)

   Synonym: dynia

6. (obsolete) pumpkin, gourd, squash (fruit of this plant)

   Synonyms: (colloquial) bania, dynia

7. (colloquial, humorous) head, noggin (part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs)

   Synonyms: bania, baniak, baśka, dynia, dyńka, głowa, głowina, główka, łeb, łepetyna, pała, (literary) skroń, makówka

Declension

Declension of arbuz

	singular	plural
nominative	arbuz	arbuzy
genitive	arbuza	arbuzów
dative	arbuzowi	arbuzom
accusative	arbuza/arbuz	arbuzy
instrumental	arbuzem	arbuzami
locative	arbuzie	arbuzach
vocative	arbuzie	arbuzy

Further reading

• arbuz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• arbuz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• arbuz in PWN's encyclopedia
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “arbuz”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “arbuz”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “arbuz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 52
• arbuz in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arˈbuz/

Noun

arbuz m (plural arbuji)

1. Alternative form of harbuz

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	arbuz	arbuzul		arbuji	arbujii
genitive-dative	arbuz	arbuzului		arbuji	arbujilor
vocative	arbuzule			arbujilor

References

• arbuz in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)