żubr

See also: zubr, Żubr, and žubr

Polish
żubr

Etymology

From older zubr, an Old East Slavic-influenced form from Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ, *izǫbrъ. Displaced Old Polish ząbr. The current form being żubr and not zubr is a result of hypercorrection due to avoiding mazuration.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʐubr/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ubr
  • Syllabification: żubr
  • Homophone: Żubr

Noun

żubr m animal (female equivalent żubrzyca, diminutive żubrek, related adjective żubrowy or żubrzy)

  1. European bison, wisent, zubr (Bos bonasus)
    Coordinate term: bizon
  2. Żubr beer
  3. Żubr A80 (any of the line of lorries manufactured in Jelcz-Laskowice between 1960 and 1968)

Declension
Declension of żubr
singular plural
nominative żubr żubry
genitive żubra żubrów
dative żubrowi żubrom
accusative żubra żubry
instrumental żubrem żubrami
locative żubrze żubrach
vocative żubrze żubry

Noun

żubr m pers

  1. (historical, politics) żubr kresowy (representative of a group of conservative Polish landowners who lived in the early 20th century in the eastern territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, now part of Lithuania or Belarus)

Declension
Declension of żubr
singular plural
nominative żubr żubrowie/żubry (deprecative)
genitive żubra żubrów
dative żubrowi żubrom
accusative żubra żubrów
instrumental żubrem żubrami
locative żubrze żubrach
vocative żubrze żubrowie/żubry (deprecative)

Derived terms
nouns
verbs
  • żubrować impf
  • żubrzyć impf
noun
  • żubrzątko

Descendants
  • → English: zubr
  • → Old Ruthenian: жубръ (žubr), żubr
    • ⇒ Ukrainian: жуброви́й (žubrovýj)
  • → Vilamovian: żubr

References
  • Grzegorz Jagodziński (2008 October 7) Nieindoeuropejskie słownictwo w germańskim‎, retrieved 28-Feb-2013.

Further reading
  • żubr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • żubr in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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