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Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Adjective
herny
- (Wieleń, Przemyśl) agile, graceful, nimble
- Synonyms: zgrabny, zwinny
- herny koń (Przemyśl) ― nimble horse
- (Kielce) Synonym of hardy
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “herny”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 34
- Aleksander Saloni (1899) “herny”, in “Lud wiejski w okolicy Przeworska”, in M. Arct, E. Lubowski, editors, Wisła : miesięcznik gieograficzno-etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 13, Warsaw: Artur Gruszecki, page 239
- Zygmunt Wasilewski (1895) “herny”, in “Słowniczek wyrazów ludowych we wsi Jaksicach”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 92