nerw

Internationalism; compare English nerve, French nerf, German Nerv, ultimately from Latin nervus. Doublet of neuron.

• IPA^(key): /nɛrf/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrf
• Syllabification: nerw

nerw m inan (related adjective nerwowy)

1. (countable, neuroanatomy) nerve (bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels, and lymphatics)

   Synonym: fibra

2. (countable, botany) midrib, nerve (vein in a leaf; a grain in wood)

   Synonym: żyłka

3. (uncountable) knack, acumen (innate ability to do something)

   Synonyms: instynkt, talent, żyłka

4. (in the plural, informal, psychology) nerves (one's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche)

   Synonym: psychika

5. (in the plural) nerves (mental agitation caused by fear, stress, or other negative emotions)

   Synonyms: irytacja, niepokój, rozdrażnienie, zdenerwowanie

6. (in the plural, pathology, psychology) neurosis (mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society)

   Synonyms: nerwica, neuroza

• nerw in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nerwy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• nerw in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛru/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈneːru/, /ˈnɛru/

nerw

1. Nasal mutation of derw.