diplomacjô

diplomacjô f (related adjective diplomaticzny)

(politics) diplomacy (art of conducting international relations)

diplomacy (tact and subtle skill in dealing with people)


mùńsztuk

mouthpiece (part of an instrument one places the mouth on)


drózd

csb-noun

drózd m animal (related adjective drózdowi)


drosel

Borrowed from German Drossel. Compare Slovincian drôsla.


szasé

Borrowed from German Chaussee. Compare Greater Polish szaseja.

Chaussee (common paved highway outside of built-up areas)


grôpk

(colloquial) any vessel for preparing, cooking, or stewing food


stéwa

(nautical) stem (forward vertical extension of the keel)


pòstrzédny

csb-adj

pòstrzédny (not comparable, derived adverb pòstrzédno)

pòstrzédny (masculine nominative singular)
pòstrzédnô (feminine nominative singular)
pòstrzédné (neuter nominative singular)
pòstrzédny (nominative plural virile)
pòstrzédné (nominative plural)
pòstrzédnégò (genitive masculine singular)
pòstrzédny (feminine genitive singular)
pòstrzédnégò (genitive neuter singular)
pòstrzédnëch (genitive plural)
pòstrzédnëch (genitive plural virile)
pòstrzédnémù (dative masculine singular)
pòstrzédny (dative feminine singular)
pòstrzédnémù (dative neuter singular)
pòstrzédnym (dative plural)
pòstrzédnym (dative plural virile)
pòstrzédnégò (accusative animate masculine singular)
pòstrzédny (accusative inanimate masculine singular)
pòstrzédną (accusative feminine singular)
pòstrzédné (accusative neuter singular)
pòstrzédnëch (accusative plural virile)
pòstrzédné (accusative plural)
pòstrzédnym (instrumental masculine singular)
pòstrzédną (feminine instrumental singular)
pòstrzédnym (instrumental neuter singular)
pòstrzédnyma (instrumental plural)
pòstrzédnyma (instrumental plural virile)
pòstrzédnym (locative masculine singular)
pòstrzédny (feminine locative singular)
pòstrzédnym (locative neuter singular)
pòstrzédnëch (locative plural)
pòstrzédnëch (locative plural virile)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *poserdьnjь. By surface analysis, pòstrzód + -ny.

middle (located in the middle of two objects)


-osc

akùrôtny + -osc → akùrôtnosc

forms abstract nouns from adjectives, sometimes with a change in stress; -ness, -hood


apòstół

csb-noun

apòstół m pers (female equivalent apòstołka)

Borrowed from Polish apostoł. Doublet of apòsztół, a form borrowed from German.

(Christianity) apostle (missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church)


szlabizowac

(ambitransitive) to syllabicate, to syllabify, to syllabize (to divide a word into syllables)


bùlta

Borrowed from Low Prussian Bolten /Bulten.


pëtel

csb-noun

pëtel m inan (related adjective pëtlowi)

Borrowed from Old Polish pytel. Compare Slovincian pëtel.

flour sifting bag (bag made of light, loosely woven fabric, used to sift flour after milling to remove the bran)

(sometimes repeated) old rickety water mill

fear (emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat)


pëtel

(derogatory) miller (person who owns or operates a mill)


Mòkòsz

Mòkòsz (nominative singular)
Mòkòszë (genitive singular)
Mòkòszë (dative singular)
Mòkòsz (accusative singular)
Mòkòszą (instrumental singular)
Mòkòszë (locative singular)
Mòkòszë (singular vocative)

Learned borrowing from Russian Мо́кошь (Mókošʹ), from Old East Slavic Мокошь (Mokošĭ), from Proto-Slavic *Mokošь.


tómbach

Borrowed from Low Prussian Tômbank /Tônbank.

bor+

bar, counter (buffet in a tavern or inn)

counter, countertop, bar (table or board on which business is transacted)


brëmzowac

Adapted borrowing of German bremsen + -owac.

af

(intransitive) synonym of płakac (“to cry”)


kùczrowac

Adapted borrowing of German kutschern + -owac.

(transitive, automotive, transport) to deliver something somewhere (by dray or by carriage)


torfszpôda

Borrowed from German Torfspaten. By surface analysis, torf + szpôda


zélińt

csb-noun

zélińt m animal (related adjective zélińtowi)


czôłg

czôłg m inan (related adjective czôłgòwi)

Deverbal from czołgac. Compare Polish czołg.


szlipsztén

Borrowed from German Low German Sliepsteen.


szrubsztok

Borrowed from German Schraubstock. Compare Polish śrubsztok.


makerowac

Adapted borrowing of German markieren + -owac.

af

(transitive) to simulate, to emulate (sickness)

(transitive) to simulate, to fake (that something is being done)

(transitive, rare) to pass oneself off, to impersonate


sztãpel

csb-noun

sztãpel m inan (related adjective sztãplowóny)


krëpel

synonym of chërlôk (“a frail, sickly person; a weakling”)


fërszta

(dated) synonym of lesny (“forestkeeper, forester”)


krzesznia

krzesznia f (related adjective krzeszniowi)

krzeszniowi (adjective)
krzesznia (nominative singular)
krzesznie (nominative plural)
krzeszni (genitive singular)
krzeszniów (genitive plural)
krzeszni (genitive plural)
krzeszni (dative singular)
krzesznióm (dative plural)
krzeszniã (accusative singular)
krzesznie (accusative plural)
krzesznią (instrumental singular)
krzeszniama (instrumental plural)
krzeszni (locative singular)
krzeszniach (locative plural)
krzesznio (singular vocative)
krzesznie (plural vocative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čeršьňa with a shift of cz > k under influence of regional krzeszny (“juicy”), as the fruit is very juicy.

sweet cherry, wild cherry, gean, mazzard (Prunus avium)

sweet cherry, wild cherry, gean, mazzard (fruit)


brzëczka

Uncertain. Boryś refutes a connection to Proto-Slavic *brečьka, given that Kashubian ë can only result from *i, *y, or *u, instead suggesting brëcza + -ka, where the r changed to rz via assimilation to cz.


lësznia

Borrowed from Old Polish luśnia. Compare Slovincian lësznja.

ladder support rod (rod resting on a wheel axle and supporting a wagon ladder)


bògactwò

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bogatьstvo. By surface analysis, bògati + -ctwò.


wòjskò

wòjskò (nominative singular)
wòjska (nominative plural)
wòjska (genitive singular)
wòjsk (genitive plural)
wòjsku (dative singular)
wòjskóm (dative plural)
wòjskò (accusative singular)
wòjska (accusative plural)
wòjskã (instrumental singular)
wòjskama (instrumental plural)
wòjsku (locative singular)
wòjskach (locative plural)
wòjskò (singular vocative)
wòjska (plural vocative)

(military) army (collection of soldiers)


swiąda

A neologism by Jan Rompski, popularised by modern Kashubian writers. Friedhelm Hinze included it in his supplement to Friedrich Lorentz's Slovinzisches Wörterbuch, annotating it as "doubtful".

(neologism, literary) awareness, consciousness

(obsolete) conclusion (decision reached after a careful thought)


swiądny

swiądny (masculine nominative singular)
swiądnô (feminine nominative singular)
swiądné (neuter nominative singular)
swiądny (nominative plural virile)
swiądné (nominative plural)
swiądnégò (genitive masculine singular)
swiądny (feminine genitive singular)
swiądnégò (genitive neuter singular)
swiądnëch (genitive plural)
swiądnëch (genitive plural virile)
swiądnémù (dative masculine singular)
swiądny (dative feminine singular)
swiądnémù (dative neuter singular)
swiądnym (dative plural)
swiądnym (dative plural virile)
swiądnégò (accusative animate masculine singular)
swiądny (accusative inanimate masculine singular)
swiądną (accusative feminine singular)
swiądné (accusative neuter singular)
swiądnëch (accusative plural virile)
swiądné (accusative plural)
swiądnym (instrumental masculine singular)
swiądną (feminine instrumental singular)
swiądnym (instrumental neuter singular)
swiądnyma (instrumental plural)
swiądnyma (instrumental plural virile)
swiądnym (locative masculine singular)
swiądny (feminine locative singular)
swiądnym (locative neuter singular)
swiądnëch (locative plural)
swiądnëch (locative plural virile)

(neologism, literary) conscious, mindful


swiądno

(neologism, literary) knowingly, consciously


swiądowac

(intransitive, obsolete) to result, to follow logically

(intransitive, obsolete) to arise, to turn out

(intransitive, obsolete) to infer, to deduce, to conclude


spòdlé

An artificial neologism derived from spód with a pseudo-suffix -lé, found only in this word and its variant pòspòdlé, supposedly based on native formations of the sort of ,, pòdolé, which however take a regular suffix derived from Proto-Slavic *-ьje. A correct derivation would be *spodzé, but such form is not atteste.d.


rôtësz

rôtësz m inan (related adjective rôtëszowi)


fernës

varnish (anything resembling a transparent paint)


stanowiskò

stanowiskò (nominative singular)
stanowiska (nominative plural)
stanowiska (genitive singular)
stanowisków (genitive plural)
stanowisku (dative singular)
stanowiskóm (dative plural)
stanowiskò (accusative singular)
stanowiska (accusative plural)
stanowiskã (instrumental singular)
stanowiskama (instrumental plural)
stanowisku (locative singular)
stanowiskach (locative plural)
stanowiskò (singular vocative)
stanowiska (plural vocative)

Compare Polish stanowisko and Czech stanovisko.

position (place in the professional, social, political hierarchy)

position, stand, take (someone's opinion)


błąkac

(reflexive with sã) to stray, to wander (to move around aimlessly)


bósc

(transitive, of animals) to gore, to ram (to hit with horns)

(intransitive, figuratively) to struggle

(intransitive, figuratively) to get tired while scything

(reflexive with sã, of rams, etc.) to butt one another


szpôs

szpôs (nominative singular)
szpôsë (nominative plural)
szpôsu (genitive singular)
szpôsów (genitive plural)
szpôsowi (dative singular)
szpôsóm (dative plural)
szpôs (accusative singular)
szpôsë (accusative plural)
szpôsã (instrumental singular)
szpôsama (instrumental plural)
szpôsu (locative singular)
szpôsach (locative plural)
szpôsu (singular vocative)
szpôsë (plural vocative)

Borrowed from German Spaß (“fun”). Compare Lesser Polish śpas and Silesian szpas.

znac sã na szpôsach

zrobic kòmùs szpôs

joke, prank (something done for amusement)


babiec

From babi + -ec. Compare Polish babieć and Slovincian babjoc.

(intransitive, colloquial, of a man) to become womanly, to become effeminate


pòpłôw

pòpłôw (nominative singular)
pòpławë (nominative plural)
pòpławù (genitive singular)
pòpławów (genitive plural)
pòpławòwi (dative singular)
pòpławóm (dative plural)
pòpłôw (accusative singular)
pòpławë (accusative plural)
pòpławã (instrumental singular)
pòpławama (instrumental plural)
pòpławie (locative singular)
pòpławach (locative plural)
pòpławie (singular vocative)
pòpławë (plural vocative)

Na tim pòpławie le kwasné trôwë roscą.


pòpławë

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pòpłôw


pòpławòwi

pò‧pła‧wò‧wi

pò‧pła‧wò‧wi


òpak

Nié, eszcze nie wëzdrzi richtich... Mòże spróbùj to òdwrócëc òpak? Ach, dobra. Òstawi to, Sztefón, ju nie rëchôj.

No, it still doesn't look right... maybe try turning it the other way around? Ah, good. Leave it, Sztefón, don't move it any more.

the other way around
the other way around


lësë

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lës


pò-

prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative perfectives

prepended to imperfective verbs to create semelfactive perfectives


czesc

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷeyt-
Proto-Slavic *čь̏stь
Kashubian czesc
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *čь̏stь.


szëkac

Likely inherited from Proto-Slavic *šukati. Compare Old Polish szukać.

(transitive) to look for, to seek, to search (to attempt to find) [with genitive]

(transitive) to look for, to seek, to search (to attempt to achieve or gain) [with genitive]


mëslô

Mëslô ò napisanim dokazu bëła w głowie A. Majkòwsczégò ju òd zôczątków jegò pisarsczégò ùsôdztwa.

2021, Marek Cybulski, Justyna Pomierska, Bożena Ugowska, editors, INFORMATOR o egzaminie maturalnym z języka kaszubskiego jako języka regionalnego od roku szkolnego 2022/2023, Warszawa: Centralna Komisja Egzaminacyjna, page 93:

The thought of the written proof was in the mind of A. Majkòvsczégò from the beginning of his writing career.


Danóf

Borrowed from German Dannenhof, by analogy with other toponyms with the similar-sounding suffix -óv. Compare Kashubian Fosów, Mélóf, Wizów.

ref

Jerzy Treder (1981) “Deutsche Elemente in der Toponymie der Kreise Puck und Wejherowo”, in Onomastica Slavogermanica XIII, Akademie Verlag, page 92

Pomeranian Voivodeship
Pomeranian Voivodeship#English

Dana (a village in the Gmina of Puck, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)


cepë

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cep


domë

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dóm


kùling

kùling (nominative singular)
kùlindżi (nominative plural)
kùlingù (genitive singular)
kùlingów (genitive plural)
kùlingòwi (dative singular)
kùlingóm (dative plural)
kùling (accusative singular)
kùlindżi (accusative plural)
kùlingã (instrumental singular)
kùlingama (instrumental plural)
kùlingù (locative singular)
kùlingach (locative plural)
kùlingù (singular vocative)
kùlindżi (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Old Prussian. Compare Lithuanian kuolinga, further compare Slovincian kùling.

kite (any bird of prey of the genus Milvus)


kùling

csb-noun

kùling m inan (related adjective kùlingòwi)

kùlingòwi (adjective)
kùling (nominative singular)
kùlindżi (nominative plural)
kùlingù (genitive singular)
kùlingów (genitive plural)
kùlingòwi (dative singular)
kùlingóm (dative plural)
kùling (accusative singular)
kùlindżi (accusative plural)
kùlingã (instrumental singular)
kùlingama (instrumental plural)
kùlingù (locative singular)
kùlingach (locative plural)
kùlingù (singular vocative)
kùlindżi (plural vocative)

horse-drawn carriage with sleighs attached in a procession in the past organized during the last week of carnival


pajiczëna

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *paǫčina. By surface analysis, pajk + -ëna.

pajãczëna (alternative)
pajczëna (alternative)


jigła

jigła f (diminutive jidżełka, related adjective jidżelny)

jidżełka (diminutive)
jidżelny (adjective)
jegla (alternative)
jegła (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *jьgъla. By surface analysis, jigò + -ła.