niedźwiedź

== Old Polish == === Alternative forms === miedźwiedź === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *medvědь, with a sound change of mj changing to ń as a result of labial dissimilation, (compare Old Czech nedvěd and Old Slovak nedveď) or is a dialectalism (compare Old Polish miasto > Masovian Polish niasto) or hypercorrection (compare Silesian Miymcy), and possibly via association with nie-. First attested in the 13th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɲɛd͡ʑʲvʲɛ(ː)t͡ɕʲ/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɲɛd͡ʑʲvʲɛt͡ɕʲ/, /ɲɛd͡ʑʲvʲet͡ɕʲ/ === Noun === niedźwiedź m animal (female equivalent miedźwiedzica, diminutive miedźwiadek) bear (member of the family Ursidae) scorpion (any of various arachnids of the order Scorpiones) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: niedźwiedź, miedźwiedź (Middle Polish, Western Lublin, Kamionka) Silesian: niedźwiydź → Old Ruthenian: недвѣдзь (nedvědzʹ) === References === B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “niedźwiedź”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Alternative forms === miedźwiedź (Middle Polish, Western Lublin, Kamionka) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish niedźwiedź. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛd͡ʑvjɛt͡ɕ Syllabification: nie‧dźwiedź Homophone: Niedźwiedź === Noun === niedźwiedź m animal (female equivalent niedźwiedzica, diminutive niedźwiadek) bear (member of the family Ursidae) Synonym: miś ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === niedźwiedź m pers (by extension) oaf (oafish person) (finance) bear (investor who sells in anticipation of falling prices) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === niedźwiedź in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN niedźwiedź in Polish dictionaries at PWN