glon

Polish

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡlɔn/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): [ˈɡlɔn]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): [ˈɡlɔn]
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): [ˈɡlɔn]

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: glon

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish glan.

Noun

glon m inan (related adjective glonowy)

1. alga (any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic)

   Synonym: alga

   Hypernym: wodorost

Declension

Declension of glon

	singular	plural
nominative	glon	glony
genitive	glonu	glonów
dative	glonowi	glonom
accusative	glon	glony
instrumental	glonem	glonami
locative	glonie	glonach
vocative	glonie	glony

Derived terms

nouns

• glonojad
• glonowiec

Etymology 2

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Noun

glon m inan (related adjective glonek)

1. (archaic or dialectal, Kuyavia, Lasovia, Żywiec) slice or piece, especially of bread

   Synonym: skibka

Declension

Declension of glon

	singular	plural
nominative	glon	glony
genitive	glonu	glonów
dative	glonowi	glonom
accusative	glon	glony
instrumental	glonem	glonami
locative	glonie	glonach
vocative	glonie	glony

Alternative forms

• gleń (Far Masovian)
• glej (Western Lublin, Janów Lubelski County)

Related terms

nouns

• gloneczek

Further reading

• glon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• glon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• glony in PWN's encyclopedia
• Oskar Kolberg (1867), “glon”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 270
• Leon Rzeszowski (1891), “glon”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 355
• Oskar Kolberg (1865), “glon”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 261