No. 6,900 in Polish
gawron
"Rook" (a type of bird in the crow family).
In a sentence
Gawron usiadł na gałęzi.
The rook sat on the branch.
Here, 'gawron' is used to describe a bird of the corvidae family.
Znajomy to prawdziwy gawron, zawsze coś kombinuje.
My acquaintance is a real rook, always scheming something.
In this case, 'gawron' metaphorically refers to someone cunning or mischievous.
Widziałem ekipę dzieci bawiących się wśród fannych gawronów na polu.
I saw a group of children playing among the funny rooks in the field.
Here, 'gawronów' refers once again to the bird, used in plural to highlight a context of nature.
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