cytróna

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Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zitrone. Compare Silesian citrōna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡siˈtro.na/
  • Rhymes: -ona
  • Syllabification: cy‧tró‧na

Noun

cytróna f

  1. lemon (yellowish citrus fruit)
    • 2008, Hana Makùrôt, “Stãpniowanié znankòwników”, in Pomerania, number 1, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie:
      Nôprzód przëszedł gòłąbk, a òtrzmimôł mòdrą szëjã a czerwònasté skrzidła, a ptôch kanarëjsczi stôł sã tak żôłti jak cytróna, plëszka stała sã szarô a dosta jeden czôrny sztrék a biôłi płachc, a wszëtczé ptôchë bëłë przepësznie malowóné jak sã kòżdémù przëstôwô.
      The pigeon arrived first and received a blue neck and reddish wings, and the canary became as yellow as a lemon, the wagtail became gray and got one black stripe and a white spot, and all the birds were beautifully painted as everyone liked.
  2. lemon (semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits)

Declension

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “cytryna”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “cytryna”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • cytróna”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022