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gira.

leg

4 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡi.ra/[ˈɡi.ra][ˈɡi.ra][ˈɡi.ra]
  1. leg

    Poznań · colloquial · dialectal · feminine
  2. pickled ham hock

    Poznań · feminine
Where this word comes from

Possibly inherited from Old Polish giża (“ham, buttock”), from Proto-Slavic *gyža (“stump”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gúnˀźjāˀ (“clump”) (possibly *gū́ˀźjāˀ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *genǵ- or *gunǵ- (“to clump, to curl”).

noun/ˈɡi.ra/[ˈɡi.ra][ˈɡi.ra][ˈɡi.ra]
  1. weight (standardized block of metal used in a balance to measure the mass of another object)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Russian ги́ря (gírja), from Old East Slavic гыря (gyrja).

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