dziad
Polish
Alternative forms
- dziád (Przemyśl, Western Lublin, Abramowice)
- dziod (“burdick burr”) (Masovian Borderland)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *dědъ.
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- Syllabification: dziad
Noun
dziad m pers (diminutive dziadek)Category:Polish lemmas#DZIADCategory:Polish nouns#DZIADCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#DZIADCategory:Polish masculine nouns#DZIADCategory:Polish personal nouns#DZIADCategory:Pages with entries#DZIADCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DZIAD
- (archaicCategory:Polish terms with archaic senses#DZIAD or augmentative) grandfather
- z dziada pradziada ― for generations (literally, “since the grandfather of the great-grandfather”)Category:Polish terms with collocations#DZIAD
Declension
Noun
dziad m persCategory:Polish lemmas#DZIADCategory:Polish nouns#DZIADCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#DZIADCategory:Polish masculine nouns#DZIADCategory:Polish personal nouns#DZIADCategory:Pages with entries#DZIADCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DZIAD
- (derogatoryCategory:Polish derogatory terms#DZIAD) old man
- (derogatoryCategory:Polish derogatory terms#DZIAD) beggar
- (derogatoryCategory:Polish derogatory terms#DZIAD, figurative) hell, devil
- (ŻywiecCategory:Żywiec Polish#DZIAD) synonym of straszydło (“scarecrow”)
Declension
Noun
dziad m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#DZIADCategory:Polish nouns#DZIADCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#DZIADCategory:Polish masculine nouns#DZIADCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#DZIADCategory:Pages with entries#DZIADCategory:Pages with 1 entry#DZIAD
- (paganismCategory:pl:Paganism#DZIAD, Slavic mythologyCategory:pl:Slavic mythology#DZIAD, in the plural) pagan ritual involving the summoning of apparitions
- (botanyCategory:pl:Botany#DZIAD, chiefly in the plural) bur, burr (of burdock)
- (chiefly in the plural) blackberry shrub or fruit
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “dziad”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “dziad”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
- Izydor Kopernicki (1875), “dziad”, in “Spostrzeżenia nad właściwościami językowémi w mowie Górali Bieskidowych z dodatkiem słowniczka wyrazów góralskich”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 369
