grobownik

Polish

Etymology

From grób + -ownik.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡrɔˈbɔv.ɲik/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ɡrɔˈbɔv.ɲik/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvɲik
  • Syllabification: gro‧bow‧nik

Noun

grobownik m pers

  1. (obsolete) gravedigger (person employed to dig graves)
    Synonyms: grabarz, kopidół
  2. (obsolete) graverobber
    Synonym: hiena cmentarna

Declension

Noun

grobownik m animal

  1. tomb bat (any of various species of Old World bats of the genus Taphozous)
    Hypernym: nietoperz

Declension

Noun

grobownik m inan

  1. (obsolete) burial chamber, repository, sepulchre, tomb
    Synonym: grobowiec

Declension

Derived terms

noun
  • grobownictwo
adjectives
nouns
verbs

Further reading

  • grobownik in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • grobownik in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “grobownik”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
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