Murcki

Polish

Etymology

Most likely from murcek (“grimy, dirty person”) in the Silesian dialect referring to the local coal miners because the mine did not have a bathhouse. Also possibly from umurckane (“dirty”) (also Silesian) in reference to a legend in which children brought home coal from a forest and their mother—who was angered by the coal dirt—threw it into the fire leading to the discovery of coal as a source of heat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmur.t͡ski/
  • Rhymes: -urt͡ski
  • Syllabification: Mur‧cki

Proper noun

Murcki nvir pl

  1. Murcki (a district of Katowice, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Murcki
plural
nominative Murcki
genitive Murcek
dative Murckom
accusative Murcki
instrumental Murckami
locative Murckach
vocative Murcki

Derived terms

adjective
  • murckowski

Further reading

  • Murcki in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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