alkiermes

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْقِرْمِز (al-qirmiz).[1][2] First attested in 1613.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈkjɛr.mɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrmɛs
  • Syllabification: al‧kier‧mes

Noun

alkiermes m inan

  1. inkberry (any plant of the genus Phytolacca)
    Synonym: szkarłatka
  2. (uncountable) crimson dye made from inkberry
  3. (uncountable) alkermes (red Italian alcoholic liqueur)
  4. (archaic, by extension) kermes (crimson dye made from the crushed bodies of kermes insects)
  5. (archaic, by extension) alkermes (type of medicine obtained from kermes insects)

Declension

Declension of alkiermes
singular plural
nominative alkiermes alkiermesy
genitive alkiermesu alkiermesów
dative alkiermesowi alkiermesom
accusative alkiermes alkiermesy
instrumental alkiermesem alkiermesami
locative alkiermesie alkiermesach
vocative alkiermesie alkiermesy

Noun

alkiermes m animal

  1. (archaic) alkermes, kermes (any of several insects of the genus Kermes)

Declension

Declension of alkiermes
singular plural
nominative alkiermes alkiermesy
genitive alkiermesa alkiermesów
dative alkiermesowi alkiermesom
accusative alkiermesa alkiermesy
instrumental alkiermesem alkiermesami
locative alkiermesie alkiermesach
vocative alkiermesie alkiermesy

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alkiermes”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “alkiermes”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. ^ Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (19.03.2009) “ALKIERMES”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

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