piorën

Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perunъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpjɔ.rɜn/
  • Rhymes: -ɔrɜn
  • Syllabification: pio‧rën

Noun

piorën m inan (related adjective piorënowi)

  1. lightning
  2. lightning (flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth)
  3. (obsolete, except in set phrases, midly, vulgar) used as a mild vulgarity; hell
  4. large article of clothing; large hat
  5. shoe with a wooden sole
  6. gown (fields of the old homespun russet woven together)

Further reading

  • Sychta, Bernard (1970) “ṕorën, ṕorun”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 4 (P – Ř), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 284
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “piorun”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “piorun”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • piorën”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • Wiesław Boryś, Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994) “ṕorën, ṕorun”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, volume 4, →ISBN, page 167