harmider
Polish
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly borrowed from Ottoman Turkish حرامی + دره (“ravine of the highwayman”), a site of frequent ambushes for Polish envoys heading to Constantinople. Sławski proposes a derivation from Persian غرمیدن (γarmīdan, “to quarrel”), rejected by most scholars.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -idɛr
- Syllabification: har‧mi‧der
Noun
harmider m inan
- hubbub, commotion
- racket, clamor (loud noise)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hałas
Declension
Declension of harmider
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | harmider | harmidery |
| genitive | harmideru | harmiderów |
| dative | harmiderowi | harmiderom |
| accusative | harmider | harmidery |
| instrumental | harmiderem | harmiderami |
| locative | harmiderze | harmiderach |
| vocative | harmiderze | harmidery |
or
Declension of harmider
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | harmider | harmidry |
| genitive | harmidru | harmidrów |
| dative | harmidrowi | harmidrom |
| accusative | harmider | harmidry |
| instrumental | harmidrem | harmidrami |
| locative | harmidrze | harmidrach |
| vocative | harmidrze | harmidry |
Derived terms
verbs
- (dialectal) armidrować impf
Descendants
- → Belarusian: гармі́дар (harmídar)
- → Lithuanian: armidelis, armideris, ermideris
- → Russian: гарми́дер (garmíder)
- → Ukrainian: гарми́дер (harmýder)
Further reading
- harmider in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- harmider in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Jan Łoś (1886) “xarmider”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 184
- Roman Zawiliński (1880) “harḿider”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 228