babimór

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From baba +‎ -i- +‎ mór. First attested in 1437.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

babimór m animacy unattested

  1. stag's-horn clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)
    • 1900 [1437], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 2805:
      Babimor spica gallica, spica celtica, cauda
      [Babimor spica gallica, spica celtica, cauda]

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: babimór

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), “babimór, babimórz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish babimór. By surface analysis, baba (grandma) +‎ -i- +‎ mór (plague).

Pronunciation

 
  • Rhymes: -imur
  • Syllabification: ba‧bi‧mór

Noun

babimór m inan

  1. stag's-horn clubmoss (Lycopodium clavatum)
    • 1936, Roczniki nauk rolniczych:
      Babimór często okupuje teren wspólnie z widłakiem jałowcowatym (Lycopodium annotinum L.).
      Stag's-horn clubmoss often occupies the same terrain as Lycopodium annotinum.

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