warzywo

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish warzywo. By surface analysis, warzyć +‎ -ywo. Compare Kashubian warzëwò.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /vaˈʐɘ.vɔ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɘvɔ
  • Syllabification: wa‧rzy‧wo

Noun

warzywo n (related adjective warzywny or warzywowy)

  1. vegetable (plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit, or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense)
    Synonym: jarzyna
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, figurative) vegetable (person that is brain dead or suffers from extensive paralysis)

Declension

Declension of warzywo
singular plural
nominative warzywo warzywa
genitive warzywa warzyw
dative warzywu warzywom
accusative warzywo warzywa
instrumental warzywem warzywami
locative warzywie warzywach
vocative warzywo warzywa

Derived terms

nouns
adjective
  • warzywniczy
nouns
  • warzywnictwo
  • warzywniczka

Further reading

  • warzywo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • warzywo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “warzywo”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 25
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