calizna

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cělizna. By surface analysis, cały +‎ -izna.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /t͡saˈliz.na/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Lasovia) IPA^(key): /t͡saˈliz.na/

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• Rhymes: -izna
• Syllabification: ca‧liz‧na

Noun

calizna f

1. (mining) unmined bed or face (layer of ore-containing rock not yet mined)
2. (agriculture) unploughed field
3. (Lasovia, agriculture) Synonym of martwica (“infertile soil beneath the topsoil”)

Declension

Declension of calizna

	singular	plural
nominative	calizna	calizny
genitive	calizny	calizn
dative	caliźnie	caliznom
accusative	caliznę	calizny
instrumental	calizną	caliznami
locative	caliźnie	caliznach
vocative	calizno	calizny

Further reading

• calizna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Oskar Kolberg (1865) “calizna”, in Lud. Jego zwyczaje, sposób życia, mowa, podania, przysłowia, obrzędy, gusła, zabawy, pieśni, muzyka i tańce. Serya II. Sandomierskie (in Polish), page 261