szałwia

== Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin salvia, from salvus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʂaw.vja/ Rhymes: -awvja Syllabification: szał‧wia === Noun === szałwia f sage, any plant of the genus Salvia ==== Declension ==== ==== Note ==== Etymologically, the declension should follow the pattern for Latinate nouns ending in -ia (see e.g. historia, entalpia), and thus contain geminated i in the genitive, dative, locative and genitive plural. However, the word is highly assimilated, and thus the native feminine declension with single i is also common. Current usage on the Internet seems to favor the geminated i form by around 3:1. ==== Descendants ==== → Yiddish: שאַלוויִע (shalvie) === Further reading === “szałwia”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish)