nerw

Polish

nerwy

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English nerve, French nerf, German Nerv, ultimately from Latin nervus. Doublet of neuron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛrf/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrf
• Syllabification: nerw

Noun

nerw m inan (related adjective nerwowy)

1. (countable, neuroanatomy) nerve (bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels, and lymphatics)

   Synonym: fibra

2. (countable, botany) midrib, nerve (vein in a leaf; a grain in wood)

   Synonym: żyłka

3. (uncountable) knack, acumen (innate ability to do something)

   Synonyms: instynkt, talent, żyłka

4. (in the plural, informal, psychology) nerves (one's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche)

   Synonym: psychika

5. (in the plural) nerves (mental agitation caused by fear, stress, or other negative emotions)

   Synonyms: irytacja, niepokój, rozdrażnienie, zdenerwowanie

6. (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)

   Synonyms: nerwica, neuroza

Declension

Declension of nerw

	singular	plural
nominative	nerw	nerwy
genitive	nerwu	nerwów
dative	nerwowi	nerwom
accusative	nerw	nerwy
instrumental	nerwem	nerwami
locative	nerwie	nerwach
vocative	nerwie	nerwy

Derived terms

adjectives

• nerwisty

 

nouns

• nerwiak
• nerwica
• nerwizm
• nerwoból
• nerwowiec
• nerwówka
• nerwus

 

verbs

• nerwować impf
• znerwować pf

 

Related terms

adjectives

• nerwicowy
• znerwicowany

 

adverbs

• nerwowie
• nerwowo

 

nouns

• nerwicowiec
• nerwowość
• nerwówa
• znerwicowanie

 

verbs

• denerwować impf
• zdenerwować pf

 

Further reading

• nerw in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nerwy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nerw in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛru/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈneːru/, /ˈnɛru/

Noun

nerw

1. Nasal mutation of derw.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
derw	dderw	nerw	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.