cierń

Polish

Alternative forms

ciernie, tarnie (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ciernie, cierznie, cirnie, cirznie, cirń.[1] Cognate with Bulgarian тръ́не (trǎ́ne), Old Church Slavonic трьниѥ (trĭnije), Russian те́рние (térnije), Serbo-Croatian тр̑ње, Slovak tŕnie, Slovene tŕnje.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɛrɲ/
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Rhymes: -ɛrɲ
Syllabification: cierń

Noun

cierń m inan

(botany) thorn (sharp protective spine of a plant)
Synonym: kolec
(botany, colloquial) thorn (any shrub or small tree that bears thorns)
Synonym: krzew ciernisty
(botany, rare) blackthorn, sloe
Synonyms: ciarka, tarka, tarnina, tarń
(figurative, literary) thorn (that which pricks or annoys)
Synonym: zadra

Declension

Declension of cierń

	singular	plural
nominative	cierń	ciernie
genitive	ciernia	cierni/cierniów
dative	cierniowi	cierniom
accusative	cierń	ciernie
instrumental	cierniem	cierniami
locative	cierniu	cierniach
vocative	cierniu	ciernie

Derived terms

adjectives

cierniowaty
cierniowy
ciernisty

nouns

cierniara
ciernik
ciernina
cierniopląt
ciernisko

verb

ciernieć impf

Related terms

adjective

ciernikowaty

nouns

References

Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ciernie”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

cierń in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
cierń in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tarn”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

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