żywina

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Polish

Etymology

From żywić +‎ -ina. Compare Polish żywizna.

Pronunciation

Noun

żywina f (diminutive żywinka)

  1. (Far Masovian) livestock
    Synonym: bydło

Further reading

  • Antoni Waga (1860) “żywina”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 760