gąsienica
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish wąsienica. The initial g- is prothetic or by conflation with Proto-Slavic *gušterica (“lizard”). Compare Bulgarian гъсе́ница (gǎsénica), Czech housenka, Lower Sorbian guseńca, Macedonian гасеница (gasenica), Old Church Slavonic юсеница (jusenica), Russian гу́сеница (gúsenica), Serbo-Croatian gȕsenica, Slovak husenica, Slovene gosẹ̑nica, Ukrainian гу́сениця (húsenycja), and Upper Sorbian husańca.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɡɔw̃.ɕɛˈɲi.t͡sa/, /ɡɔɲ.ɕɛˈɲi.t͡sa/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Syllabification: gą‧sie‧ni‧ca
- Homophone: Gąsienica
Noun
editgąsienica f (diminutive gąsieniczka, related adjective gąsienicowy or gąsieniczy)
- (entomology, lepidopterology) caterpillar, leafworm (larva of a butterfly or moth)
- caterpillar track (continuous track in the form of a steel or rubber belt fitted instead of wheels to crawlers, bulldozers, excavators, loaders, backhoes, tanks, and similar off-road vehicles)
Declension
editDeclension of gąsienica
singular | plural | |
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nominative | gąsienica | gąsienice |
genitive | gąsienicy | gąsienic |
dative | gąsienicy | gąsienicom |
accusative | gąsienicę | gąsienice |
instrumental | gąsienicą | gąsienicami |
locative | gąsienicy | gąsienicach |
vocative | gąsienico | gąsienice |
Derived terms
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nouns
Related terms
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Further reading
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- Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
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- Polish terms inherited from Old Polish
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- Rhymes:Polish/it͡sa
- Rhymes:Polish/it͡sa/4 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Entomology
- pl:Baby animals
- pl:Butterflies
- pl:Insects
- pl:Machines
- pl:Moths