perła

== Old Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /pɛrɫa/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /pɛrɫa/ === Noun === perła f alternative form of berła == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Perle. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɛrwa Syllabification: per‧ła === Noun === perła f (diminutive perełka, related adjective perłowy) pearl (shelly concretion, usually rounded and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves) pearl (gemstone made of pearls) (in the plural) pearls (necklace made of pearls) (figurative) pearl (someone or something particularly outstanding or excellent) Synonym: skarb (Chełmno) synonym of perlica ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “perła”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “perła”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish) perła in PWN's encyclopedia Kazimierz Nitsch (1907), “perła”, in “Dyalekty polskie Prus zachodnich”, in Materyały i Prace Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie (in Polish), volume 3, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 390