pałyga

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See also: Pałyga, and Pałygą

Polish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Waga compares this to bałdyga”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pałyga f

  1. (Far Masovian) something shaped like a cudgel
  2. (Far Masovian) unreasonable mind

Further reading

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  • Antoni Waga (1860) “pałyga”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 756