aluwium

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Alluvium,[1] from Latin alluvium.[2] First attested in 1866.[3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /aˈlu.vjum/
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  • Rhymes: -uvjum
  • Syllabification: a‧lu‧wium

Noun

aluwium n

  1. (geology, usually in the plural) alluvium
    aluwia rzeczne/rzeki ― river alluvium
  2. (archaic) the Holocene
    Synonym: holocen

Declension
Declension of aluwium
singular plural
nominative aluwium aluwia
genitive aluwium aluwiów
dative aluwium aluwiom
accusative aluwium aluwia
instrumental aluwium aluwiami
locative aluwium aluwiach
vocative aluwium aluwia
adjective

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “aluwium”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “aluwium”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. Antoni Rehman (1866) Kotlina Prypeci i błota pińskie pod względem przyrodniczym‎ (in Polish), page 69
  4. aluwium in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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