pazur
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pazurъ.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -azur
- Syllabification: pa‧zur
- Homophone: Pazur
Noun
pazur m inan (diminutive pazurek)
- (countable) claw (curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird)
- wilczy pazur ― dewclaw
- (countable, colloquial or dialectal, Kielce, Biecz) claw (human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip)
- (countable) protruding, hook-like curved and sharply pointed part of some object or device
- (countable) tool with a sharp, flat end used for levering and pulling out nails
- (uncountable) quality that makes someone or something perform an action or achieve a goal in a positive, dynamic way
Declension
Declension of pazur
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pazur | pazury |
| genitive | pazura | pazurów |
| dative | pazurowi | pazurom |
| accusative | pazur | pazury |
| instrumental | pazurem | pazurami |
| locative | pazurze | pazurach |
| vocative | pazurze | pazury |
Derived terms
adjectives
- pazurzasty
Related terms
verbs
- pazurkować impf
Further reading
- pazur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pazur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- pazury in PWN's encyclopedia
- Jan Łoś (1886) “pazury”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 186
- Roman Zawiliński (1880) “pazury”, 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 231