tygrys

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Polish[edit]

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tygrys

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

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

Declension[edit]

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[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

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