falka - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From fal +‎ -ka. Originally meant "piece, part".

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɒlkɒ]
• Hyphenation: fal‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

falka (plural falkák)

1. pack (of dogs, wolves)
2. flock (of sheep, birds)
3. herd (of pigs)
4. pride (of lions)

• (collective terms for animals) csapat and sereg (generic), csorda, csürhe, falka, gulya, horda, konda, ménes, nyáj, raj

• falka in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): /ˈfal.ka/

falka f

1. (Żywiec) Alternative form of fajka

• Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “falka”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 355

falka f (plural falki)

1. chin

Borrowed from German Falke.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal.ka/
• Rhymes: -alka
• Syllabification: fal‧ka

falka f

1. falcon (bird of prey of the genus Falco)

• Aleksandra Wencel (2023) “falka”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 205

Possibly from Arabic فُلْك (fulk, “ship”).

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falka class IX (plural falka class X)

1. (nautical) hold (cargo area)