śniedź

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈɕɲɛt͡ɕ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: śniedź
  • Homophones: śnieć, Śnieć

Noun

śniedź f

  1. patina (color or incrustation which age and wear give to objects)
    Synonyms: grynszpan, patyna
  2. (Far Masovian) alternative form of śnieć (smut); blight of oats, barley and millet that causes the grain to turn black and rub off in the fingers into a black-brown ash

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Further reading

  • śniedź in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • śniedź in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “śniedź”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 210