trzewa

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *červo. First attested in the end of the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

trzewa nvir pl

  1. entrails, guts, innards, viscera
    • 1853 [End of the 15th century], Wacław Aleksander Maciejowski, editor, Piśmiennictwo polskie od czasów najdawniejszych aż do roku 1830, volume 4, page 137:
      Tham gy (sc. kostarza) dyably pochwiczyly..., thrzewa sz nyego wytranczyly
      [Tam ji (sc. kostarza) diabli pochwycili..., trzewa s niego wytrącili]

Descendants

  • Polish: trzewa, trzewia
  • Silesian: strzewa

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish trzewa, from Proto-Slavic *červo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtʂɛ.va/
  • Rhymes: -ɛva
  • Syllabification: trze‧wa

Noun

trzewa nvir pl

  1. Alternative form of trzewia

Declension

Further reading

  • trzewa in Polish dictionaries at PWN