żyrafa

See also: Żyrafa, żyrafą, and Żyrafą

Polish

żyrafy

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂-der.?

Classical Persian سرنا

Proto-Indo-European *ped-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *pṓds

Proto-Indo-Iranian *pā́ts

Proto-Iranian *pā́dah

Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎭 (p-a-d)

Classical Persian پَا (pā)

Classical Persian زُرْنَاپَا (zurnāpā)bor.

Classical Syriac ܙܪܝܦܐbor.

Arabic زُرَافَة (zurāfa)bor.

Italian giraffabor.

Middle French giraffe

French girafebor.

Polish żyrafa

Borrowed from French girafe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐɘˈra.fa/

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• Rhymes: -afa
• Syllabification: ży‧ra‧fa
• Homophone: Żyrafa

Noun

żyrafa f (diminutive żyrafiątko, related adjective żyrafowy)

1. giraffe (any mammal of the genus Giraffa)
2. (colloquial) long blender, designed to be held by hand, whose blending and mixing blades are located at the end of the handle

   Hypernym: blender

3. (historical) piano whose strings and sound box are set vertically rather than horizontally, produced and used in the 18th and 19th centuries

   Hypernym: fortepian

Declension

Declension of żyrafa

	singular	plural
nominative	żyrafa	żyrafy
genitive	żyrafy	żyraf
dative	żyrafie	żyrafom
accusative	żyrafę	żyrafy
instrumental	żyrafą	żyrafami
locative	żyrafie	żyrafach
vocative	żyrafo	żyrafy

Derived terms

adjectives

• żyrafowaty

 

nouns

• żyrafiarnia

 

Descendants

• → Kashubian: żirafa

Further reading

• żyrafa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• żyrafa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• żyrafa in PWN's encyclopedia