zendra

See also: zendrą and zéndra

Polish

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zendra

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zunder.^[1] Alternatively, a common Slavic^[2] word, cognate with Czech sádra, Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra) and Serbo-Croatian седра, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈzɛndra/

(Masovia):
- (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈzɛndra/

Rhymes: -ɛndra
Syllabification: zen‧dra

Noun

zendra f

(metalworking) Synonym of zgorzelina (“mill scale”)
(metalworking, Near Masovian) slag (impurities from a forge)

Declension

Declension of zendra

	singular	plural
nominative	zendra	zendry
genitive	zendry	zendr
dative	zendrze	zendrom
accusative	zendrę	zendry
instrumental	zendrą	zendrami
locative	zendrze	zendrach
vocative	zendro	zendry

Related terms

nouns

zendrówka

References

^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “zendra”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “zędra”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

zendra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “zendra”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 249

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