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walka.

battle, combat, fight (mutual use of force or weapons against one another)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈval.ka//ˈval.ka/Middle, Polish/ˈvɒl.ka/Middle, Polish[ˈval.ka]
  1. battle, combat, fight (mutual use of force or weapons against one another)

    countable · feminine
  2. fight; clash (arrange combat often for entertainment; arranged sports competition)

    countable · feminine
  3. fight, combat (act of attempting to defeat an opponent in some dispute or contest)

    countable · feminine
  4. struggle, fight (act of attempting to remove undesirable phenomena or difficulties, to get something, or to help someone)

    feminine · uncountable
  5. struggle, fight (act of attempting to win someone's favor)

    feminine · uncountable
  6. struggle, fight (act of opposing forces of nature or general phenomena)

    feminine · literary · uncountable
  7. clash (contradiction, e.g. between differing or contending interests, views, purposes)

    feminine · uncountable
  8. desire to pester or harm

    feminine
    Ma walkę na mnie.
  9. straw roller (roller made of straw dipped in clay)

    feminine
  10. house clay (clay mixed with straw and waste used to build peasant cottages)

    Ukraine · feminine
  11. competition (fighting for resources between species in the same environment)

    feminine · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *welH- Proto-Balto-Slavic *wōlás Proto-Indo-European *welH- Proto-Balto-Slavic *wōlús Proto-Slavic *valъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *valiti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *-ati Proto-Slavic *vaľati Old Czech váleti Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ Proto-Slavic *-ъka Old Czech -ka Old Czech válkabor. Old Polish walka Polish walka Inherited from Old Polish walka.

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