pyrz

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See also: Pyrz

Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pɨ(ː)r̝/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /pɨr̝/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *py̑rь (couch grass).

Noun

pyrz m animacy unattested

  1. couch grass, any grass of the genus Elymus
    Synonym: włosień
    • 1900 [c. 1465], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 3877:
      Cardo vyelki osset al. pyrz
      [Cardo wielki oset al. pyrz]
    • 1901 [1471], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 46:
      Pyrzą carduus (carduus Libani misit ad cedrum IV Reg 14, 9)
      [Pyrza carduus (carduus Libani misit ad cedrum IV Reg 14, 9)]
Descendants
  • Polish: perz (couch grass)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *py̑rь (remains of fire).

Noun

pyrz m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Silesia) dust, powder
    • 1956 [Middle of the 15th century], Jerzy Woronczak, editor, Teksty polskie w rękopisie nr 43 Biblioteki Kapitulnej we Wrocławiu z połowy XV wieku, Silesia, page 16v:
      Revolvendo, quid sit homo, quia lutum, terra et favilla pirz
      [Revolvendo, quid sit homo, quia lutum, terra et favilla pyrz]
Descendants
  • Polish: perz (smoke)

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), “1. (perz) pyrz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  • 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), “2. (perz) pyrz”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN