Ząb, zupa zębowa; dąb, zupa dębowa.
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Translation
A tooth, tooth soup; an oak, oak soup.
Vocabulary
- ząb — tooth (adjective stem: zęb-)
- dąb — oak tree (adjective stem: dęb-)
- zębowy — dental, tooth- (fem. zębowa)
- dębowy — oak, made of oak (fem. dębowa)
Grammar note
Polish vowel alternation: 'ą' in the nominative (ząb, dąb) shifts to 'ę' in derived forms (zębowy, dębowy). This is a regular morphophonological pattern — nasal vowels alternate before certain suffixes.
Intermediate