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żerny

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See also: -żerny

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From żreć +‎ -ny. First attested in 1654–1676.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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żerny (not comparable, no derived adverb)

  1. (medicine) having the ability to absorb and dissolve absorbed microorganisms (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
  2. (obsolete or dialectal, Central Greater Poland, chiefly of animals) hungry; voracious (eating much; needing much food)
  3. (obsolete) bountiful (having much to eat)

Declension

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Derived terms

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nouns

References

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  1. ^ Włodzimierz Gruszczyński (18.11.2018) “ŻERNY”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

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