kierz

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Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъřь.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kierz m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) bush, shrub
    Synonyms: krzewie, krzewina
  2. (attested in Masovia) thickets; red bushes
    • 1950 [1427], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 2699, Warsaw:
      Jacom ya nye *pral mchv s Jacubowa krza
      [Jakom ja nie brał mchu s Jakubowa krza]

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Polish: (dialectal) kierz
  • Silesian: kerz

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

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish kierz.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

kierz m inan (diminutive kierzek)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Poznań, Near Masovian, Far Masovian) bush, shrub
    Synonyms: krzak, krzew

Declension

Declension of kierz
singular plural
nominative kierz krze
genitive krza krzów
dative krzowi krzom
accusative kierz krze
instrumental krzem krzami
locative krzu krzach
vocative krzu krze

Further reading

  • kierz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • M. Arcta Słownik Staropolski/Kierz on the Polish Wikisource.Wikisource pl
  • “Podręczny słownik gwary poznańskiej”, in regionwielkopolska.pl‎ (in Polish), 2020 March 10 (last accessed)
  • Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “kierz”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 242
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “ḱeř”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 110
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “kierz”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19
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