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, adverb pazernie)

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

Declension

Declension of pazerny

case	singular				plural
case	masculine personal/animate	masculine inanimate	neuter	feminine	virile	nonvirile
nominative, vocative	pazerny		pazerne	pazerna	pazerni	pazerne
genitive	pazernego			pazernej	pazernych
dative	pazernemu			pazernej	pazernym
accusative	pazernego	pazerny	pazerne	pazerną	pazernych	pazerne
instrumental	pazernym			pazerną	pazernymi
locative	pazernym			pazernej	pazernych

Derived terms

noun

pazerność

References

Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish)

Further reading

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

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