siekiera

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See also: Siekiera, siekierą, and Siekierą

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sekyra.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

siekiera f (diminutive siekierka)

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it)
    • 1960 [1402], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty pyzdrskie, volume II, number 168, Pyzdry:
      Czso Vøcenesz ranil Iana, to gi ranil gego poczøtkem, is... s szekirø nan bezal
      [Cso Więceniec ranił Jana, to ji ranił jego początkiem, iż... z siekirą nań bieżał]
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Descendants

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

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish siekiera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕɛˈkjɛ.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: sie‧kie‧ra
  • Homophone: Siekiera

Noun

siekiera f (diminutive siekierka)

  1. axe, hatchet (tool)
  2. (colloquial, humorous) very strong coffee or tea

Declension

Declension of siekiera
singular plural
nominative siekiera siekiery
genitive siekiery siekier
dative siekierze siekierom
accusative siekierę siekiery
instrumental siekierą siekierami
locative siekierze siekierach
vocative siekiero siekiery

Derived terms

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Descendants

Further reading

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