alkiermes

== Polish == === Alternative forms === alkermes, alkiermas alchermes (Middle Polish) === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الْقِرْمِز (al-qirmiz). First attested in 1613. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈkjɛr.mɛs/ Rhymes: -ɛrmɛs Syllabification: al‧kier‧mes === Noun === alkiermes m inan inkberry (any plant of the genus Phytolacca) Synonym: szkarłatka (uncountable) crimson dye made from inkberry (uncountable) alkermes (red Italian alcoholic liqueur) (archaic, by extension) kermes (crimson dye made from the crushed bodies of kermes insects) (archaic, by extension) alkermes (type of medicine obtained from kermes insects) ==== Declension ==== === Noun === alkiermes m animal (archaic) alkermes, kermes (any of several insects of the genus Kermes) ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === alkiermes in Polish dictionaries at PWN Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “alkiermes”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “alkiermes”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alkiermes”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 25 “alkiermes”, in Słownik gramatyczny języka polskiego [Grammatical Dictionary of Polish], 2022 alkiermes in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego