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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stьrnь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɕt͡ɕɛrɲ/
- Rhymes: -ɛrɲ
- Syllabification: ścierń
Noun
ścierń f
- stubble, what is left on the field after its being mowed down
1805, Cyprian Godebski, Wiersz do Legiów Polskich, Warszawa, archived from the original on 2022-11-28, pages 7–8:Jeszcze złoty wóz Feba, w kół ognistych toku,
Nie dostarczył szat nowych czterém coróm roku,
Jeszcze w pierwotne brózdy pokraiana niwa
Nie dała dwukrotnego swemu panu żniwa,
I ptak, co był w iesieni ścierń smutną porzucił,
Jeszcze z wiosną na gniazdo oyczyste nie wrócił...- The golden carriage of Phoebus, in its fiery wheels' course,
Hadn't yet given new robes to the four daughters of the year;
The field, being cut up into initial furrows,
Hadn't yet given a double harvest to its master;
And the bird that had abandoned the sad stubble in the fall
Hadn't yet returned to its native nest with the spring...
2000 (first published 1950), Antoni Gołubiew, Bolesław Chrobry, tom 2: Złe dni, Bertelsmann, page 80:Stok się tu wyrównywał w rozległą płaszczyznę, w zachodzącym słońcu rudniała ścierń; tu i tam rosły kępy drzew — modrzewi i brzóz.- The slope here flattened out into a wide plain; the stubble was turning red in the setting sun; here and there grew clumps of trees — larches and birches.
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Further reading
- ścierń in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ścierń in Polish dictionaries at PWN