smerd
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian смерд (smerd).
Noun
smerd (plural smerds or smerdy)
- (historical) A member of a class of peasants in medieval Rus', perhaps initially freemen but later gradually reduced to a lower status.
Translations
a member of a class of peasants in medieval Rus'
Anagrams
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish smard, from Proto-Slavic *smъrdъ.
Pronunciation
Noun
smerd m pers
- (historical) smerd (free peasant and later a feudal-dependent serf in the medieval Slavic states of East Europe)
Declension
Declension of smerd
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Further reading
- smerd in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- smerd in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “SMARD”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “smard”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna