ścierw

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stьrvь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɕt͡ɕɛrf/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɕt͡ɕɛrf/

Noun

ścierw m animacy unattested

  1. cadaver, corpse
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “Num”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 19, 11:
      Ktos bi syø dotknøl scirzwv (cadaver) czlowyeczego..., nyecist bødze
      [Ktoż by się dotknął ścirzwu (cadaver) człowieczego..., nieczyst będzie]
    • 1874-1891 [XV med.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XXIII, page 279:
      Hoc wlpes nimirum coram querente cibum carnis, gl. cadaveris sczyrwu, tam avide arte picta et wlpiam fraudem subdola se ingessit
      [Hoc wlpes nimirum coram querente cibum carnis, gl. cadaveris ścirwu, tam avide arte picta et wlpiam fraudem subdola se ingessit]

Descendants

  • Polish: ścierw (obsolete)

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɕt͡ɕɛrf/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrf
  • Syllabification: ścierw

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish ścierw.

Noun

ścierw m inan

  1. (obsolete) carcass (body of a dead animal)
    Synonyms: padlina, ścierwo, truchło
Declension
nouns

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ścierw n

  1. genitive plural of ścierwo

Further reading

  • ścierw in Polish dictionaries at PWN