krzyżmo

Polish

krzyżmo

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Czech křižmo, from Middle High German chrismo, from Latin chrīsma, from Ancient Greek χρῖσμα (khrîsma).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʂɘʐ.mɔ/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈkʂɘʐ.mɔ]

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• Rhymes: -ɘʐmɔ
• Syllabification: krzyż‧mo

Noun

krzyżmo n

1. (Christianity) chrism (mixture of oil and balm, consecrated for use as an anointing fluid in certain Christian ceremonies, especially confirmation)

   Synonym: olej święty

2. (Przemyśl) gift from a godmother after a speech

   Hypernym: podarek

Declension

Declension of krzyżmo

	singular
nominative	krzyżmo
genitive	krzyżma
dative	krzyżmu
accusative	krzyżmo
instrumental	krzyżmem
locative	krzyżmie
vocative	krzyżmo

Derived terms

(verbs):

• krzyżmować impf

Related terms

(nouns):

• krzyżmał

Further reading

• krzyżmo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• krzyżmo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• krzyżmo in PWN's encyclopedia
• Aleksander Saloni (1908) “krzyżmo”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336