ząbr

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Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ząbr m animacy unattested

  1. (attested in Lesser Poland) European bison (Bison bonasus)
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 1847:
      Zøbrz zubro
      [Ząbrz zubro]
    • 1873-1878, Jan Długosz, edited by Aleksander Przezdziecki, Historiae Polonicae libri XII, volume I, Łysa Góra, page 462:
      Boleslaum ducem... in saltus de Vszosin, quibus zubronum habebatur copia, est secutus. Cumque Boleslaus dux multis mactatis feris zubronem unam rarae magnitudinis et ferociae
      [Boleslaum ducem... in saltus de Vszosin, quibus zubronum habebatur copia, est secutus. Cumque Boleslaus dux multis mactatis feris zubronem unam rarae magnitudinis et ferociae]
    • 1856-1870 [1400], Antoni Zygmunt Helcel, editor, Starodawne Prawa Polskiego Pomniki, volume VIII, number 10425:
      Qui Michael nominavit se de clenodio duorum cornuum jelen[ia] y zambrza, de proclamacione Rogala
      [Qui Michael nominavit se de clenodio duorum cornuum jelen[ia] i ząbrza, de proclamacione Rogala]
    • 1887, Jan Długosz, edited by Aleksander Przezdziecki, Banderia Prutenorum, Krakow, page 578:
      Militares et cives..., qui portant caput zubronis pro insigni
      [Militares et cives..., qui portant caput zubronis pro insigni]
  2. (attested in Lesser Poland) tiger Panthera tigris
    • 1874-1891 [XV p. pr.], Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności, , , volume XVI, page 345:
      Zambrs tigris (concordes varia ludunt cum tigride dammae)
      [Ząbrz tigris (concordes varia ludunt cum tigride dammae)]
    • 1960, Stanisław Gawęda, Zbigniew Perzanowski, Anna Strzelecka, editors, Rachunki królewskie z lat 1471-1472 i 1476-1478, Krakow, page 218:
      Quem pannum dedi nuncio ducum Mazowie, qui portavit tigridem al. zubrum
      [Quem pannum dedi nuncio ducum Mazowie, qui portavit tigridem al. zubrum]
  3. sand sedge (Carex arenaria)
    • 1900 [1460], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2, number 3670:
      Oxa, oxula *rzønbrz
      [Oxa, oxula [r]ząbrz]

Descendants

  • Polish: żubr

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