pogrzeb
Polish
FWOTD – 27 March 2024
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.ɡʐɛp/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɡʐɛp
- Syllabification: po‧grzeb
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish pogrzeb, from Proto-Slavic *pogrebъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from pogrzebać. Compare Czech pohřeb, Russian по́греб (pógreb), Serbo-Croatian pògreb, and Ukrainian по́гріб (póhrib).
Noun
pogrzeb m inan (related adjective pogrzebowy or pogrzebny)
- funeral (ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person)
- Synonyms: inhumacja, ostatnia droga, ostatnia posługa, pochówek
- Antonym: ekshumacja
- 2009, “Lucifer”, performed by Behemoth:
- Idę, jak pogrzeb, z nudą i żałobą.
- I walk, like a funeral, with boredom and mourning.
- (by extension) cortege (funeral procession)
- Synonym: kondukt
- (figurative) fail, flop (complete failure)
- Synonym: porażka
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
References
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