baranek

See also: Baranek and Baránek

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish baranek. By surface analysis, baran +‎ -ek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈra.nɛk/

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• Rhymes: -anɛk
• Syllabification: ba‧ra‧nek
• Homophone: Baranek

Noun

baranek m animal (diminutive baraneczek)

1. Diminutive of baran
2. male lamb

   Coordinate term: owieczka

Noun

baranek m animal

1. lambskin
2. common snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

   Synonyms: kszyk, koziołek

3. (colloquial) lamb, sweetheart, sweetie (a nice, gentle person)
4. (colloquial, usually in the plural) frizz (very curly, short hair)
5. (colloquial) cirrocumulus cloud
6. (colloquial, construction) a thick, uneven layer of daub

Declension

Declension of baranek

	singular	plural
nominative	baranek	baranki
genitive	baranka	baranków
dative	barankowi	barankom
accusative	baranka	baranki
instrumental	barankiem	barankami
locative	baranku	barankach
vocative	baranku	baranki

Derived terms

noun

• Baranek Boży

 

Related terms

adjectives

• barani
• barankowaty
• barankowy

 

adverb

• na barana

 

nouns

• baran
• Baran
• baraniarz
• baranica
• baraniec
• baranina
• baraninka
• baranisko

 

verbs

• baranieć impf, zbaranieć pf

 

Noun

baranek m inan

1. vitex (plant of the genus Vitex)

   Synonyms: niepokalanek, czystodrzew, czysty krzew

   baranek czysty ― chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus)

Declension

Declension of baranek

	singular	plural
nominative	baranek	baranki
genitive	baranka	baranków
dative	barankowi	barankom
accusative	baranek	baranki
instrumental	barankiem	barankami
locative	baranku	barankach
vocative	baranku	baranki

Further reading

• baranek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• baranek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “niepokalanek”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 310