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siekiera

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See also: Siekiera, siekierą, and Siekierą

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sekyra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ɕɛkɛra/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ɕɛkɛra/

Noun

siekiera f (diminutive siekierka)

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) axe, hatchet (tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it)
    • 1960 [1402], Henryk Kowalewicz, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, editors, Wielkopolskie roty sądowe XIV-XV wieku, Roty pyzdrskie, volume II, number 168, Pyzdry:
      Czso Vøcenesz ranil Iana, to gi ranil gego poczøtkem, is... s szekirø nan bezal
      [Cso Więceniec ranił Jana, to ji ranił jego początkiem, iż... z siekirą nań bieżał]

Descendants

  • Polish: siekiera
    • Old Ruthenian: секе́ра (sekéra), соке́ра (sokéra)
      • Middle Belarusian: саке́ра (sakéra)
  • Silesian: siekyra

References

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish siekiera.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɕɛˈkjɛ.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: sie‧kie‧ra
  • Homophone: Siekiera

Noun

siekiera f (diminutive siekierka)

  1. axe, hatchet (tool)
  2. (colloquial, humorous) very strong coffee or tea

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

Descendants

  • Old Ruthenian: секе́ра (sekéra), соке́ра (sokéra)
    • Middle Belarusian: саке́ра (sakéra)

Further reading

  • siekiera in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • siekiera in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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