See also: Niedźwiedź

Old Polish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲɛd͡ʑvjɛ(ː)t͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲɛd͡ʑvjɛt͡ɕ/, /ɲɛd͡ʑvjet͡ɕ/

Noun edit

niedźwiedź m ?

  1. Alternative form of miedźwiedź

Polish edit

 
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niedźwiedź

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish miedźwiedź, from Proto-Slavic *medvědь, with a sound change of mj changing to ń as a result of labial dissimilation,[1] or is a dialectalism (compare Old Polish miasto > Masurian niasto or hypercorrection (compare Silesian Miymcy, and possibly via association with nie-.[2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

niedźwiedź m animal (female equivalent niedźwiedzica, diminutive niedźwiadek)

  1. bear (member of the family Ursidae)
    Synonym: miś

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

adjective
adverb
nouns

Noun edit

niedźwiedź m pers

  1. (by extension) oaf (oafish person)
  2. (finance) bear (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices)

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “niedźwiedź”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. ^ Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) “miód”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN

Further reading edit

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