cęgi

Polish

cęgi

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zange, from Middle High German zange, from Old High German zanga, from Proto-West Germanic *tangu, from Proto-Germanic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛŋ.ɡi/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡sɛŋ.ɡi]

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋɡi
• Syllabification: cę‧gi

Noun

cęgi nvir pl (diminutive cążki)

1. pincers, pliers

   Synonyms: kleszcze, obcęgi, szczypce

2. (of horses, pigs, and ruminants) middle pair of incisor teeth
3. (Przemyśl) shoemaker's pincers for stretching leather

Declension

Declension of cęgi

	plural
nominative	cęgi
genitive	cęgów
dative	cęgom
accusative	cęgi
instrumental	cęgami
locative	cęgach
vocative	cęgi

Further reading

• “cęgi”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “cęgi”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “cęgi”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne‎^[3] (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332