Polish edit

Etymology edit

From earlier dialectal pażerny, pażyrny, from Old Polish pażyra (glutton). Compare pożerać (to devour).[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /paˈzɛr.nɨ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛrnɨ
  • Syllabification: pa‧zer‧ny

Adjective edit

pazerny (comparative pazerniejszy, superlative najpazerniejszy, derived adverb pazernie)

  1. (colloquial) greedy, rapacious [+ na (accusative) = for something]
    Synonym: zachłanny

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

noun

References edit

  1. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pazerny”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading edit

  • pazerny in Polish dictionaries at PWN