żagiew

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish żagiew, from Proto-Slavic *žagъvь, *žagy. By surface analysis, żegać +‎ -ew.

Pronunciation

 
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  • Rhymes: -aɡjɛf
  • Syllabification: ża‧giew

Noun

żagiew f (related adjective żagwiowy)

  1. torch
    Synonyms: łuczywo, pochodnia
  2. brand, firebrand (piece of burning or smoldering wood)
    Synonyms: głownia, ożóg
  3. any fungus of the genus Polyporus
    Synonyms: huba, horosz
  4. any dragonfly of the genus Aeshna; hawker; darner
    Synonym: żagnica

Declension

Declension of żagiew
singular plural
nominative żagiew żagwie
genitive żagwi żagwi
dative żagwi żagwiom
accusative żagiew żagwie
instrumental żagwią żagwiami
locative żagwi żagwiach
vocative żagwi żagwie

Derived terms

adjectives
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nouns
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Further reading

  • żagiew in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • żagiew in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ŻAGIEW”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (13.11.2019) “ŻAGIEW”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1927), “żagiew”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 8, Warsaw, page 685
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “żagiew”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 36
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