żebro
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Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rebrò.
Pronunciation
Noun
żebro n
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
Old Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rebrò.
Pronunciation
Noun
żebro n
- (anatomy, attested in Masovia) rib
- 1901 [1463-1465], Jan Rozwadowski, editor, De morte prologus [Rozmowa mistrza Polikarpa ze śmiercią], Mierzeniec, Płock, line 41:
- Vypyala szebra y kosczy, groszno szyeczye przesz luthosczy
- [Wypięła żebra i kości, groźno siecze przez lutości]
Derived terms
nouns
Descendants
- Polish: żebro, żebrze (Southern Greater Poland)
- Silesian: ziebro
References
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “żebro”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish żebro.
Pronunciation
Noun
żebro n (diminutive żeberko, related adjective żebrowy)
Declension
Declension of żebro