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Translingual
Etymology
A pictogram of a person prostrating. Consists of o (head) + r (arms and torso) + z (legs).
Symbol
orz
- An emoticon representing fatigue or despair.
- An emoticon representing deference or humility.
Old Polish
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from Old Czech oř, from Old High German ros.[1] Alternatively derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁órǵʰis (“testicle”) and akin to Latvian ērzelis (“stallion”) and Lithuanian eržilas (“stallion”).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
orz m ?
- horse, steed
- Synonym: koń
1962 [around 1420], Stanisław Urbańczyk, editor, Wokabularz trydencki, number 41:Scapa caballus, horzs hastiber- [Szkapa caballus, horz hastiber]
- gelding (castrated male horse)
- Synonyms: hynszt, wałach
1875 [c. 1455-1460], Zygmunt Celichowski, editor, Słowniczek łacińsko- polski wyrazów prawa magdeburskiego z wieku XV. Przedruk homograficzny z kodeksu kórnickiego, page 10:Runcius, id est spado hynsth uel horz- [Runcius, id est spado hynst (a. hynszt) vel horz]
- camel (beast of burden)
- Synonyms: kamel, koń, olepent, rychłonóg, wielbłąd
1880-1894 [mid-fifteenth century], Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume V, page 284:Tunc rex regalibus indutus vestibus dyademate coronatus sedens super dromedarium horz- [Tunc rex regalibus indutus vestibus dyademate coronatus sedens super dromedarium horz]
Descendants
References
- ^ J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “orz”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 56
- ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “orz”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
Further reading
- 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), “orz, horz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
Verb
orz
- second-person singular imperative of orać
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin hordeum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰr̥sdeyom (“bristly”).
Pronunciation
Noun
orz n (plural orzuri)
- barley
Declension
Derived terms