smerek

Polish

Etymology

Altered from smrek or borrowed from another variant in Slovak smerek and also inspired by Ukrainian смере́к (smerék), смере́ка (smeréka) – Goszczyński who uses this word is a native of Ukraine and it is used in the Bukowina –, all from Proto-Slavic *smerkъ whence inherited świerk.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsmɛ.rɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrɛk
  • Syllabification: sme‧rek

Noun

smerek m inan

  1. (Orawa, Podhale, Bukovina) spruce (conifer of the genus Picea)
    • 1834, Seweryn Goszczyński, Sobótka:
      Pół słońca pała na nieba sklepieniu,
      A pół zagasło w polskich puszcz błękicie.
      Czerwcowy wieczór, na smereków cieniu,
      Po wzniosłéj Wyżni osuwa się szczycie.
      Half of the sun glows in the vault of the sky,
      And half of it burned out in the Polish blue skies of the forest.
      The June evening, in the shade of the spruce trees,
      It sets by the lofy peak of Wyżnia.

Declension
Declension of smerek
singular plural
nominative smerek smereki
genitive smereka/smereku smereków
dative smerekowi smerekom
accusative smerek smereki
instrumental smerekiem smerekami
locative smereku smerekach
vocative smereku smereki

References
  • Krasowska, Helena, Greń, Zbigniew (2008) “smerek”, in Słownik górali polskich na Bukowinie, Warszawa: Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy, →ISBN, page 198
  • Nowik, Krystyna (1993) “Zapożyczone nazwy drzew w toponimii polskiej”, in Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Linguistica‎, volume 27, page 202

Further reading
  • smerek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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