szczery

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Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʂt͡ʂɛ.rɨ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrɨ
  • Syllabification: szcze‧ry

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish szczyry, from Proto-Slavic *ščirъ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kei̯ro-. Cognate with dialectal Russian щи́рый (ščíryj), Belarusian шчыры (ščyry), Ukrainian щи́рий (ščýryj), Czech čirý, Slovak číry.

Adjective

szczery (comparative bardziej szczery or szczerszy, superlative najbardziej szczery or najszczerszy, derived adverb szczerze)

  1. sincere, earnest
    Synonym: autentyczny
    Antonym: nieszczery
  2. heartfelt
    Synonyms: bezpośredni, naturalny, otwarty, prosty
  3. (of land) bare, empty (without buildings, trees, etc. on it)
    szczere pole ― an empty field
Declension
Declension of szczery (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative szczery szczera szczere szczerzy szczere
genitive szczerego szczerej szczerego szczerych
dative szczeremu szczerej szczeremu szczerym
accusative szczerego szczery szczerą szczere szczerych szczere
instrumental szczerym szczerą szczerym szczerymi
locative szczerym szczerej szczerym szczerych
Derived terms
noun
verb

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

szczery m inan

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of szczer

Further reading

  • szczery in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • szczery in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “szczery”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN
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