cierń
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish ciernie, cierznie, cirnie, cirznie, cirń.[1] Cognate with Bulgarian тръ́не (trǎ́ne), Old Church Slavonic трьниѥ (trĭnije), Russian те́рние (térnije), Serbo-Croatian тр̑ње, Slovak tŕnie, Slovene tŕnje.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cierń m inan
- (botany) thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)
- Synonym: kolec
- (botany, colloquial) thorn (any shrub or small tree that bears thorns)
- Synonym: krzew ciernisty
- (botany, rare) blackthorn, sloe
- (figurative, literary) thorn (that which pricks or annoys)
- Synonym: zadra
Declension edit
Declension of cierń
Derived terms edit
adjectives
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verb
- ciernieć impf
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adjective
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References edit
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ciernie”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Further reading edit
- cierń in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- cierń in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tarn”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna