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pazur

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See also: Pazur, pazúr, and pazür

Polish

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pazur sense 1
pazury sense 2

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pazurъ.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -azur
  • Syllabification: pa‧zur
  • Homophone: Pazur

Noun

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pazur m inan (diminutive pazurek)

  1. (countable) claw (curved, pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot of a mammal, reptile, or bird)
    wilczy pazurdewclaw
  2. (countable, colloquial or dialectal, Kielce, Biecz) claw (human fingernail, particularly one extending well beyond the fingertip)
  3. (countable) protruding, hook-like curved and sharply pointed part of some object or device
  4. (countable) tool with a sharp, flat end used for levering and pulling out nails
  5. (uncountable) quality that makes someone or something perform an action or achieve a goal in a positive, dynamic way

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • pazur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pazur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • pazury in PWN's encyclopedia
  • Jan Łoś (1886) “pazury”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 186
  • Roman Zawiliński (1880) “pazury”, in “Gwara brzezińska w pow. ropczyckim”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I) (in Polish), volume 8, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 231