mierzwa
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrva.
Pronunciation
edit- (Greater Poland):
- (Central Greater Poland) IPA(key): /ˈmjɛʐ.va/
- (Lesser Poland):
Noun
editmierzwa f
- (agriculture) straw used as bedding for animals
- (agriculture) manure
- (derogatory) rabble, riffraff
- Synonym: hołota
Declension
editDeclension of mierzwa
Derived terms
editverb
Further reading
edit- mierzwa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- mierzwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “mierzwa”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20
- Jan Łoś (1886) “ḿeřva”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 185
Categories:
- Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛʐva
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛʐva/2 syllables
- Polish terms with homophones
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Agriculture
- Polish derogatory terms
- pl:Bedding
- pl:Collectives
- pl:Feces