niedźwiedź

See also: Niedźwiedź

Old Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲɛd͡ʑvjɛ(ː)t͡ɕ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲɛd͡ʑvjɛt͡ɕ/, /ɲɛd͡ʑvjet͡ɕ/

Noun

niedźwiedź m ?

  1. Alternative form of miedźwiedź

Polish

niedźwiedź

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish miedźwiedź, from Proto-Slavic *medvědь, with a sound change of mj changing to ń as a result of labial dissimilation,[1] or is a dialectalism (compare Old Polish miasto > Masurian niasto or hypercorrection (compare Silesian Miymcy, and possibly via association with nie-.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɲɛd͡ʑ.vjɛt͡ɕ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈɲɛd͡ʑ.vjɛt͡ɕ/, /ˈɲɛd͡ʑ.vjet͡ɕ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʑvjɛt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: niedź‧wiedź
  • Homophone: Niedźwiedź

Noun

niedźwiedź m animal (female equivalent niedźwiedzica, diminutive niedźwiadek)

  1. bear (member of the family Ursidae)
    Synonym: miś

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
adverb
nouns

Noun

niedźwiedź m pers

  1. (by extension) oaf (oafish person)
  2. (finance) bear (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices)

Declension

References

  1. Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “niedźwiedź”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  2. Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa (2021) “miód”, in Wielki słownik etymologiczno-historyczny języka polskiego, →ISBN

Further reading

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