folwark

Polish

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal) folwarek

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish folwark, folwerk, forwak, forwalk, forwark, wolwark, from Middle High German vorwërc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔl.vark/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔlvark
  • Syllabification: fol‧wark

Noun

folwark m inan (diminutive folwarczek)

  1. (agriculture) grange, farm
    Hypernym: gospodarstwo

Declension

Derived terms

adjectives
nouns
  • folwarczyna
  • folwareczek

Descendants

  • Belarusian: фальварак (falʹvarak)
  • Lithuanian: palivarkas
  • Russian: фольварк (folʹvark)
  • Ukrainian: фільварок (filʹvarok)
  • Yiddish: פֿאָלוואַרק (folvark)

Further reading

  • folwark in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • folwark in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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