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zendra

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See also: zendrą and zéndra

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Zunder.[1] Alternatively, a common Slavic[2] word, cognate with Czech sádra, Old Church Slavonic сядра (sjadra) and Serbo-Croatian седра, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sendʰro-.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛndra
  • Syllabification: zen‧dra

Noun

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zendra f

  1. (metalworking) Synonym of zgorzelina (mill scale)
  2. (metalworking, Near Masovian) slag (impurities from a forge)

Declension

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nouns

References

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  1. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “zendra”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  2. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “zędra”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

Further reading

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  • zendra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “zendra”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 249