modrzew

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Old Polish

Etymology

Blend of *modrzeń (larch) +‎ *możdżew (juniper),[1] from Proto-Slavic *moždževь.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

modrzew m animacy unattested

  1. larch (any tree of the genus Larix)
    • 1900 [1419], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 5327:
      Modrzew abies
      [Modrzew abies]
  2. (attested in Greater Poland) Type of exotic tree.
    • 1885-2024 [1426], Jan Baudouina de Courtenay, Jan Karłowicz, Antoni Adam Kryńskiego, Malinowski Lucjan, editors, Prace Filologiczne, volume V, Dolsk, page 15:
      Modrzew terebintus
      [Modrzew terebintus]

Derived terms

proper nouns
adjectives

References

  1. ^ Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “modrzew”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN, page 335
  • 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), “modrzew”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1992), “modrodervъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 19 (*męs⁽'⁾arь – *morzakъ), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 99

Polish

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modrzewie

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish modrzew.

Pronunciation

Noun

modrzew m inan (diminutive modrzewik, related adjective modrzewiowy or modrzewowy)

  1. larch (any tree of the genus Larix)
  2. larch, larchwood (wood of the larch)

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • modrzew in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • modrzew in Polish dictionaries at PWN