krzyżmo
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Czech křižmo, from Middle High German chrismo, from Latin chrīsma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɘʐmɔ
- Syllabification: krzyż‧mo
Noun
krzyżmo n
- (Christianity) chrism (mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation)
- Synonym: olej święty
- (Przemyśl) gift from a godmother after a speech
- Hypernym: podarek
Declension
Declension of krzyżmo
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | krzyżmo |
| genitive | krzyżma |
| dative | krzyżmu |
| accusative | krzyżmo |
| instrumental | krzyżmem |
| locative | krzyżmie |
| vocative | krzyżmo |
Derived terms
verbs
- krzyżmować impf
Related terms
nouns
- krzyżmał
Further reading
- krzyżmo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- krzyżmo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- krzyżmo in PWN's encyclopedia
- Aleksander Saloni (1908) “krzyżmo”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336