pierōn

See also: pieron

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish piorun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjɛ.ron/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛron
  • Syllabification: pie‧rōn

Noun

pierōn m inan

  1. lightning, thunderbolt (flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth)
    Meronyms: blic, grōm, grzmot
  2. (derogatory) devil (bad person of no value)
  3. (mildly vulgar) used as a mild vulgarity; hell

Declension

Declension of pierōn
singular plural
nominative pierōn pierōny
genitive pierōna pierōnōw
dative pierōnowi pierōnōm
accusative pierōn pierōny
instrumental pierōnym pierōnami/pierōnōma
locative pierōnie pierōnach
vocative pierōnie pierōny

Derived terms

adjective
  • pierōński

Descendants

  • German: (archaic) Pierona

Further reading

  • pierōn in silling.org
  • Henryk Jaroszewicz (2022) “pierōn”, in Zasady pisowni języka śląskiego (in Polish), Siedlce: Wydawnictwo Naukowe IKR[i]BL, page 111
  • Eugeniusz Kosmała (2023) “pierōn”, in Dykcjōnôrz Polsko-Ślonskiy (in Silesian), p, pages 32-33
  • Michał Przywara (c. 1900) “pierōn”, in Narzecza śląskie napisał ks. Michał Przywara. C. Słownik[1]