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/
  • Audio(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
Declension of agrest
singular plural
nominative agrest agresty
genitive agrestu agrestów
dative agrestowi agrestom
accusative agrest agresty
instrumental agrestem agrestami
locative agreście agrestach
vocative agreście agresty

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
Declension of agrest
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite agrest agrestă agrești agreste
definite agrestul agresta agreștii agrestele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite agrest agreste agrești agreste
definite agrestului agrestei agreștilor agrestelor
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