nerw
Polish
editEtymology
editInternationalism; compare English nerve, French nerf, German Nerv, ultimately from Latin nervus. Doublet of neuron.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnerw m inan (related adjective nerwowy)
- (countable, neuroanatomy) nerve (bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels, and lymphatics)
- Synonym: fibra
- (countable, botany) midrib, nerve (vein in a leaf; a grain in wood)
- Synonym: żyłka
- (uncountable) knack, acumen (innate ability to do something)
- (in the plural, informal, psychology) nerves (one's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche)
- Synonym: psychika
- (in the plural) nerves (mental agitation caused by fear, stress, or other negative emotions)
- Synonyms: irytacja, niepokój, rozdrażnienie, zdenerwowanie
- (in the plural, pathology, psychology) neurosis (mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society)
Declension
editDeclension of nerw
Derived terms
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Related terms
editadjectives
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- denerwować impf
- zdenerwować pf
Further reading
editWelsh
editPronunciation
edit- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈnɛru/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈneːru/, /ˈnɛru/
Noun
editnerw
- Nasal mutation of derw.
Mutation
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