scarecrow (effigy to scare birds) · scarecrow, bogeyman (something terrifying but not necessarily dangerous)
çekim: çoğul épouvantails
köken: From épouvanter + -ail.
scarecrow
eş: espantajo, cizaña, joyo
köken: Verb-object compound, composed of espanta (“to scare away”) + pájaros (“birds”).
scarecrow, straw man
eş: spauracchio, mostro, orco, babau, spettro, fantasma
köken: Verb-object compound, composed of spaventa (“to scare”) + passeri (“sparrows”), literally “sparrow-scarer”.
scarecrow (figure or any object that is used to scare birds away from fields, trees, threshing floors, etc.) · a deformed and ragged person · stick with a scarf on the end, used in octopus fishing
çekim: çoğul espantalhos
eş: estrampalho
köken: From espantar + -alho. Cognate with Galician espantallo.
a scarecrow, a straw man · a very ugly person
çekim: çoğul σκιάχτρα · tamlayan σκιάχτρου
köken: σκιάζω (skiázo, “fear”) + -τρο (-tro, “instrument suffix”)
a straw man (doll made of straw) · a straw man (unflattering misrepresentation of someone's position)
çekim: çoğul halmdockor · tamlayan halmdockas
eş: halmgubbe
köken: halm (“straw”) + docka (“doll”)
straw construction · sheaf covering from above stacked sheaves or beehives · straw covering used by shepherds
çekim: çoğul chochoły · tamlayan chochoła
eş: otulina, chachoł, sofizmat rozszerzenia, stawianie chochoła, atakowanie chochoła
köken: Inherited from Old Polish chochoł. Etymology 1, noun sense 2 is a semantic loan from English straw man.
🔊 Po dwuletniej przerwie wczoraj, w Rydlówce znowu uroczyście osłonięto słomianym chochołem krzak róży.
🔊 W mendel idzie 14 snopków […], które się przykrywają chachołem […] snopem rozczapierzonym i opuszczonym w okap niby daszkiem.
straw man, straw doll (doll or scarecrow stuffed with or made of straw) · straw man (type of argument based on deliberate misrepresentation of an opponent's position)
çekim: çoğul olkinuket · tamlayan olkinuken
köken: olki (“straw”) + nukke (“doll”)
indefinite neuter singular past active aorist participle of пла́ша (pláša)
scarecrow · bogeyman
köken: Verb-object compound, composed of espanta (“to scare”) + ocells (“birds”).