pazerny

Polish

Etymology

From earlier dialectal pażerny, pażyrny, from Old Polish pażyra (“glutton”). Compare pożerać (“to devour”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈzɛr.nɨ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛrnɨ
  • Syllabification: pa‧zer‧ny

Adjective

pazerny (comparative pazerniejszy, superlative najpazerniejszy, derived adverb pazernie)

  1. (colloquial) greedy, rapacious [+ na (accusative) = for something]
    Synonym: zachłanny

Declension
Declension of pazerny (hard)
singular plural
masculine animate masculine inanimate feminine neuter virile (= masculine personal) non-virile
nominative pazerny pazerna pazerne pazerni pazerne
genitive pazernego pazernej pazernego pazernych
dative pazernemu pazernej pazernemu pazernym
accusative pazernego pazerny pazerną pazerne pazernych pazerne
instrumental pazernym pazerną pazernym pazernymi
locative pazernym pazernej pazernym pazernych

Derived terms
noun
  • pazerność

References
  1. Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pazerny”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading
  • pazerny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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