ostrów

== Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ostrovъ. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɔstruf Syllabification: os‧trów Homophone: Ostrów === Noun === ostrów m inan (diminutive ostrówek) type of river island, with ground relatively high above the water level and usually covered with forest (Kuyavia) piece of field located between streaks, meadows or ditches ==== Usage notes ==== This gender form is used in modern speech and most places names, e.g. Ostrów Tumski. The feminine noun with the same nominative singular form found in the city name Ostrów Mazowiecka is etymologically unrelated. The genitive singular is usually ostrowu but more rarely ostrowa. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Low Prussian: Ostrow === Further reading === ostrów in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN ostrów in Polish dictionaries at PWN Józef Bliziński (1860), “ostrów”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 628 Oskar Kolberg (1867), “ostrów”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 274