cebula

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cebula"

Polish

cebule

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German zibolle, zebülle, zwibole, from Late Latin cēpulla, from Latin cēpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛˈbu.la/

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• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: ce‧bu‧la
• Homophone: Cebula

Noun

cebula f (diminutive cebulka, related adjective cebulowy)

1. onion (Allium cepa)
2. onion (bulb of this vegetable)
3. (botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root)

   cebula tulipana ― tulip bulb

4. (architecture) onion-shaped dome of a building

   Hypernym: kopuła

5. (colloquial) turnip (old-fashioned pocket watch)

Declension

Declension of cebula

	singular	plural
nominative	cebula	cebule
genitive	cebuli	cebul/cebuli
dative	cebuli	cebulom
accusative	cebulę	cebule
instrumental	cebulą	cebulami
locative	cebuli	cebulach
vocative	cebulo	cebule

Derived terms

adjectives

• cebulasty
• cebulowaty

 

nouns

• cebulactwo
• cebulanka
• cebularz
• cebulica
• cebulowa

 

Related terms

adjectives

• cebulkowaty
• cebulkowy

 

nouns

• cebulowatość

 

Descendants

• → Old Ruthenian: цибу́лꙗ (cibúlja), цебу́лꙗ (cebúlja), цыбу́лꙗ (cybúlja)
  • Belarusian: цыбу́ля (cybúlja)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: цибу́ля (cybúlja)
  • Ukrainian: цибу́ля (cybúlja); цебу́ля (cebúlja) (dialectal)
  • → Russian: цибу́ля (cibúlja) (dialectal)

Further reading

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