cytwar

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German zitwar (German Zitwer), from Old High German zituwar, zitawar, zitewar, from Medieval Latin zedoārium, from Arabic جَدْوَار (jadwār), زَدْوَار (zadwār), from Persian ژدوار (žadvâr), زدوار (zadvâr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɨt.far/

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• Rhymes: -ɨtfar
• Syllabification: cyt‧war

Noun

cytwar m inan

1. zedoary (Curcuma zedoaria)
2. santonica, wormseed (Seriphidium cinum, syn. Artemisia cina)

   Synonym: rupnik

Declension

Declension of cytwar

	singular	plural
nominative	cytwar	cytwary
genitive	cytwaru	cytwarów
dative	cytwarowi	cytwarom
accusative	cytwar	cytwary
instrumental	cytwarem	cytwarami
locative	cytwarze	cytwarach
vocative	cytwarze	cytwary

Descendants

• → Russian: цитва́рь (citvárʹ), цытва́рь (cytvárʹ), цетва́рь (cetvárʹ)
• → Ukrainian: цитва́рь (cytvárʹ), цетва́рь (cetvárʹ)

Further reading

• cytwar in Polish dictionaries at PWN