gwałt

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German gewalt, from Old High German giwalt, from Proto-West Germanic *gawald, from Proto-Germanic *gawaldą.

See German Gewalt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡvawt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -awt
  • Syllabification: gwałt

Noun

gwałt m inan

  1. rape (act of forcibly having sex with someone)
  2. any illegal act of violence
    Synonym: przemoc
  3. chaos, haste
    Synonyms: pośpiech, zamieszanie

Declension
Declension of gwałt
singular plural
nominative gwałt gwałty
genitive gwałtu gwałtów
dative gwałtowi gwałtom
accusative gwałt gwałty
instrumental gwałtem gwałtami
locative gwałcie gwałtach
vocative gwałcie gwałty

Derived terms
adjective
adverbs
nouns
  • gwałtownica
  • gwałtownik
verbs
adjective
  • gwałcicielski
adverb
nouns
verbs

Descendants
  • → Belarusian: гвалт (hvalt)
  • → Russian: гвалт (gvalt)
  • → Ukrainian: ґвалт (gvalt)

Further reading
  • gwałt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gwałt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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