cierń

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ciernie, cierznie, cirnie, cirznie, cirń.[1] Cognate with Bulgarian тръ́не (trǎ́ne), Old Church Slavonic трьниѥ (trĭnije), Russian те́рние (térnije), Serbo-Croatian тр̑ње, Slovak tŕnie, Slovene tŕnje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ɕɛrɲ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrɲ
  • Syllabification: cierń

Noun

cierń m inan

  1. (botany) thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)
    Synonym: kolec
  2. (botany, colloquial) thorn (any shrub or small tree that bears thorns)
    Synonym: krzew ciernisty
  3. (botany, rare) blackthorn, sloe
    Synonyms: ciarka, tarka, tarnina, tarń
  4. (figurative, literary) thorn (that which pricks or annoys)
    Synonym: zadra

Declension

Declension of cierń
singular plural
nominative cierń ciernie
genitive ciernia cierni/cierniów
dative cierniowi cierniom
accusative cierń ciernie
instrumental cierniem cierniami
locative cierniu cierniach
vocative cierniu ciernie

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References

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ciernie”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

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