tygrys

See also: Tygrys

Polish
tygrys

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin tigris. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English tiger. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from German Tiger.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɨɡ.rɨs/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨɡrɨs
  • Syllabification: tyg‧rys
  • Homophone: Tygrys

Noun

tygrys m animal (female equivalent tygrysica or tygrzyca, diminutive tygrysek, related adjective tygrysi or tygrysowy)

  1. tiger (Panthera tigris)
  2. (figurative) tiger (relatively small country or group of countries with a fast-growing economy)
  3. (colloquial, historical) Tiger (German heavy tank)

Declension
Declension of tygrys
singular plural
nominative tygrys tygrysy
genitive tygrysa tygrysów
dative tygrysowi tygrysom
accusative tygrysa tygrysy
instrumental tygrysem tygrysami
locative tygrysie tygrysach
vocative tygrysie tygrysy

Derived terms
nouns
nouns
  • tygrysiątko
  • tygrysie oko

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