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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Kirchmesse or Kirmes,[1] from Middle High German kirmesse, from kirche + messe, misse, from Old High German kirihha + messe, the second element from Ecclesiastical Latin missa, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛrmaʂ
- Syllabification: kier‧masz
Noun
kiermasz m inan
- fair
- Synonyms: jarmark, targi
- (Żywiec) gift from a fair
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Further reading
- kiermasz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kiermasz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Izydor Kopernicki (1875) “kiermasz”, in “Spostrzeżenia nad właściwościami językowémi w mowie Górali Bieskidowych z dodatkiem słowniczka wyrazów góralskich”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 371