driakiew

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish dryjakiew, drzakiew. Doublet of teriak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrja.kjɛf/
  • Rhymes: -akjɛf
  • Syllabification: dria‧kiew

Noun

driakiew f

  1. scabious (any plant of the genus Scabiosa)
    Synonym: skabioza
  2. (obsolete, historical medicine) theriac (universal antidote against all poisons, particularly medicines considered to derive from a recipe of the Roman physician Andromachus and representing an improvement on mithridate)
    Synonym: teriak

Declension

Further reading

  • driakiew in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • driakiew in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Arct, Michał (1916) M. Arcta Słownik ilustrowany języka polskiego/Drjakiew[1] (in Polish)