cegła

Polish

cegły

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German ziegel, from Latin tēgula (roof-tile), from tegō (I cover), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (to cover with a roof).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɛɡ.wa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡwa
  • Syllabification: ceg‧ła

Noun

cegła f (diminutive cegiełka)

  1. brick

Declension

adjectives
nouns

Descendants

  • Belarusian: цэ́гла (céhla)
  • Ukrainian: це́гла (céhla)

Further reading

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