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bocian

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *bōkōną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bōcian

  1. to give by charter, to charter

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: booken, boken

Polish

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bocian

Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish bocian, from Proto-Slavic *botьjanъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bocian m animal (female equivalent bocianica, diminutive bocianek)

  1. stork (any bird of the genus Ciconia)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bocian
  2. Skeffington's daughter (type of torture device)
  3. (children's folklore) stork (mythical bringer of babies to families)

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjectives
nouns

Collocations

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Further reading

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

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *botьjanъ.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bocian m animal (female equivalent bocianica, related adjective bocianí, diminutive bocianik)

  1. stork

Declension

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Further reading

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  • bocian”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024