ucho
Caló
editEtymology
editPerhaps ultimately from Sanskrit अवश्या (avaśyā, “dew”)
Noun
editucho m
Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Czech ucho, from Proto-Slavic *uxo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editucho n
- ear (of a human, animal, puppet, humanoid robot, etc.)
Usage notes
edit- The irregular plural forms originated as the dual in Old Czech, while the regular plural forms below were the Old Czech plural. But the plurals are now simply split by meaning, no matter how many objects are being talked about.
Declension
editNoun
editucho n
- anything resembling an ear:
- handle (of a pot, jug, garbage can, shopping bag, trophy, etc.)
- eye (of a needle)
- ear flap (on a hat)
- (glassblowing) protrusion at the edge of a plate of glass
- used in folk names of various plants, e.g.:
- babí ucho ― greater plaintain (Plantago major) (literally, “granny's ear”)
- volské ucho ― greater plaintain (Plantago major) (literally, “ox's ear”)
- babské ucho ― common sage (Salvia officinalis) (literally, “granny's ear”)
- lví ucho ― Leonotis nepetifolia (literally, “lion's ear”)
- sloní ucho ― Haemanthus albiflos (literally, “elephant's ear”)
- mořské ucho ― Haliotis tuberculata (literally, “sea ear”)
- (military slang) new recruit, rookie, green recruit
- (derogatory) oaf (clumsy person)
Declension
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editMacanese
editEtymology
editProbably onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editucho
- kiss
- Synonym: bêzo
- Já vêm co unga ucho
- He came offering a kiss
- Atúto qui boniteza, ja dâ unga ucho pa su mai
- Atúto is so sweet, he kissed his mother
- (literally, “Atúto is so sweet, he gave a kiss to his mother”)
Usage notes
edit- Appears to be more common than bêzo.
References
edit- https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#u
- Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “ucho”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 552
- https://belamaquista.wordpress.com/2016/06/17/ucho/
Old Czech
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *uxo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editucho n
Declension
editsingular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | ucho | uši | ucha |
genitive | ucha | ušú | uch |
dative | uchu | ušima | uchóm |
accusative | ucho | uši | ucha |
vocative | ucho | uši | ucha |
locative | ušě, uchu | ušú | ušiech |
instrumental | uchem | ušima | uchy |
See also Appendix:Old Czech nouns and Appendix:Old Czech pronunciation.
Descendants
edit- Czech: ucho
Further reading
edit- Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “ucho”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění
Old Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *uxo. First attested in the 14th century.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editucho n (related adjective uszny)
- (anatomy, attested in Lesser Poland) ear (organ of hearing)
- 1939 [end of the 14th century], Ryszard Ganszyniec, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Kubica, Ludwik Bernacki, editors, Psałterz florjański łacińsko-polsko-niemiecki [Sankt Florian Psalter][1], Krakow: Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, z zasiłkiem Sejmu Śląskiego [The Ossoliński National Institute: with the benefit of the Silesian Parliament], pages 17, 48:
- Lud, iegosz iesm ne znal, sluszil my, w slusze vcha (in auditu auris) posluszal me
- [Lud, jegoż jesm nie znał, służył mi, w słusze ucha (in auditu auris) posłuszał mie]
- (figuratively, attested in Greater Poland) ear (ability to hear)
- 1916 [second half of the 15th century], Stanisław Słoński, editor, Psałterz puławski[2], Greater Poland, page 118 arg. 8:
- Bo nygeden stwyrdzon bywa, yen nye slucha duchownyma vszyma, czo by myal naszlyadowacz
- [Bo nijeden stwirdzon bywa, jen nie słucha duchownyma uszyma, co by miał naśladować]
- (attested in Greater Poland) handle (grip of a basket, kettle etc.)
- XV p. post., Wokabularz petersburski IV, esarskiej Biblioteki Publicznej w Petersburgu, sygn. Lat.F.ch.I.401, page 11:
- Duas ansas vszy
- [Duas ansas uszy]
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “ucho”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
- Mańczak, Witold (2017) “ucho”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “ucho”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
- Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “ucho”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Old Slovak
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *uxo. First attested in 1473.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editucho n
- (anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)
- (by extension) any object resembling an ear
Descendants
edit- Slovak: ucho
References
edit- Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “ucho”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish ucho. The irregular plural forms are the result of fossilization of the old dual forms.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editucho n (diminutive uszko, augmentative uszysko, related adjective uszny)
- (anatomy) ear (organ of hearing)
- (by extension) ear (ability to hear)
- Synonym: słuch
- (figuratively) ear (one who hears or listens)
- ear, earflap (part of a hat that covers one's ears)
- Synonym: nausznik
- (architecture) orillon (semicircular projection made at the shoulder of a bastion for the purpose of covering the retired flank, found in old fortresses)
- Synonym: orylion
- (expressive) Augmentative of uszko (“kreplach”)
- (obsolete) dog-ear (folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark)
Usage notes
editThe genitive plural form uszów is rare.
The instrumental plural form uszyma is obsolete.
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- jednym uchem wpuszczać impf, a drugim wypuszczać impf
- kłaść w uszy impf
- mieć po uszy impf
- mieć swoje za uszami impf
- nadstawić ucha pf, nadstawiać ucha impf
- natrzeć uszu pf, nacierać uszu impf
- nawijać makaron na uszy impf
- nie uwierzyć własnym uszom pf, nie wierzyć własnym uszom impf
- obić się o uszy pf, obijać się o uszy impf
- odmrozić sobie uszy na złość mamie pf, odmrażać sobie uszy na złość mamie impf
- położyć uszy po sobie pf, kłaść uszy po sobie impf
- przejść przez ucho igielne pf, przechodzić przez ucho igielne impf
- puścić mimo uszu pf, puszczać mimo uszu impf
- siedzieć po uszy w gównie impf
- sięgać prawą ręką do lewego ucha impf
- słuchać jednym uchem impf
- strzyc uszami impf
- stulić uszy pf, stulać uszy impf
- uszy spuchną pf, uszy puchną impf
- uszy zwiędły pf, uszy więdną impf
- uśmiechnąć się od ucha do ucha pf, uśmiechać się od ucha do ucha impf
- wpaść w ucho pf, wpadać w ucho impf
- wyciągnąć kogoś za uszy pf, wyciągać kogoś za uszy impf
- wyjść uszami pf, wychodzić uszami impf
- zadzwonić w uszach pf, dzwonić w uszach impf
- zatkać uszy pf, zatykać uszy impf
Noun
editucho n (diminutive uszko, augmentative uszysko)
- handle (grip of a basket, kettle, etc.)
- eye (hole at the blunt end of a needle through which thread is passed)
- (Near Masovian) eye (hole through which reins are passed through on a horsecollar)
- (obsolete) end of a bag from the edges for tying
- (obsolete, nautical, fishing) eye of a net in which the upper and lower ends of a sprit are attached
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- ucho in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ucho in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- ucho in PWN's encyclopedia
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ucho”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- “UCHO”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 22.11.2013
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ucho”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ucho”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “ucho”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 208
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “ucho”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 370
Romani
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit उच्च (uchcha, “high, elevated”).
Adjective
editSilesian
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish ucho.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editucho n (diminutive uszko)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- ucho in dykcjonorz.eu
- ucho in silling.org
- Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “ucho”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 145
Slovak
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Slovak ucho, from Proto-Slavic *uxo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editucho n (genitive singular ucha, nominative plural uši, uchá, genitive plural uší, úch, declension pattern of mesto)
Declension
edit#1 | #2, #3 |
Further reading
edit- “ucho”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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