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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starějь. By surface analysis, stary + -szy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstar.ʂɘ/
- Rhymes: -arʂɘ
- Syllabification: star‧szy
Adjective
starszy
- comparative degree of stary
Declension
Declension of starszy (hard)
Derived terms
Noun
starszy m pers (female equivalent starsza)
- (slang, nominalized) old man (father)
Declension
Noun
starszy m pers
- (Kuyavia, nominalized, military) officer
- Synonym: oficer
- (Kuyavia, nominalized) older farmhand
Further reading
- starszy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- starszy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “starszy”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 276
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