barwinek

See also: Barwinek

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech barvinek.[1] First attested in 1419.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /barvinɛk/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /barvinɛk/

Noun

barwinek m animacy unattested

  1. lesser periwinkle, Vinca minor
    • 1900 [1419], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[1], number 5199:
      Barvynek semperviua, peruenta
      [Barwinek semperviua, peruenta]

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Mieczysław Basaj, Janusz Siatkowski (2006) “barwinek”, in Bohemizmy w języku polskim: Słownik (in Polish), Warsaw: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish barwinek.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /barˈvi.nɛk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -inɛk
  • Syllabification: bar‧wi‧nek
  • Homophone: Barwinek

Noun

barwinek m inan (related adjective barwinkowy)

  1. periwinkle (any plant of the genus Vinca)
    1. (Middle Polish) lesser periwinkle (Vinca minor)
  2. (Middle Polish) sedum, stonecrop (any plant of the genus Sedum)

Declension

Descendants

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