agrest

See also: Agrest, agrèst, and agrëst

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin agrestis.[1][2] First attested in 1472.

Noun

agrest m

  1. type of sour wine

Descendants

  • Polish: agrest

References

  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “agrest”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “agrest”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Polish

agrest

Alternative forms

  • agresta (Middle Polish, 16th-early 17th century)
  • angrest (Middle Polish or dialectal, since the 18th century)
  • agreszt (Middle Polish, 17th century)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish agrest (“a type of sour wine”), from Latin agrestis.[1][2] First attested in 1472.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡrɛst/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡrɛst
  • Syllabification: a‧grest

Noun

agrest m inan

  1. European gooseberry, gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) [from 16th c.][4]
    • 2000, Roman Antoszewski, Kariera na trzy karpie morskie‎, Philip Wilson:
      Zupełnie zapomniałam, ten słoik z konfiturami truskawkowymi na cukrze wyniosłyśmy do piwniczki z Baśką, bo tu nie było miejsca. Tu mam agrest, ale Władek najlepiej lubił truskawki mocno scukrzone, choć mu to szkodziło.
      I had completely forgotten that I took this jar of strawberry sugar preserves out to the basement with Baśka because up here there was no room. Here I have gooseberry, but Władek loved strongly sweetened strawberreis best, even though it was bad for his health.
    chiński agrest ― Chinese gooseberry
    dziki agrest ― wild gooseberry
    zielony agrest ― green gooseberry
    czerwony agrest ― red gooseberry
    czarny agrest ― black gooseberry
    krzak agrestu ― a gooseberry bush
    krzew agrestu ― a gooseberry shrub
    owoc agrestu ― a gooseberry fruit
    uprawa agrestu ― gooseberry cultivation/growing/crop/farming
    liście agrestu ― gooseberry leaves
  2. (Middle Polish) fine sour wine [15th–17th c.][3][5]

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
nouns
  • agrestnik
  • agreściak
  • agreśniak

Descendants

References

  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “agrest”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “agrest”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “agrest, hrabrest”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
  4. “agrest”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
  5. Teresa Sokołowska (21.05.2019), “AGREST”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin agrestis or French agreste.

Adjective

agrest m or n (feminine singular agrestă, masculine plural agrești, feminine and neuter plural agreste)

  1. rustic

Declension

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