warzywo

Polish

warzywa

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish warzywo. By surface analysis, warzyć +‎ -ywo. Compare Kashubian warzëwò.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vaˈʐɨ.vɔ/

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• Rhymes: -ɨvɔ
• Syllabification: wa‧rzy‧wo

Noun

warzywo n (related adjective warzywny or warzywowy)

1. vegetable (plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit, or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice in the culinary sense)

   Synonym: jarzyna

2. (colloquial, derogatory, figurative) vegetable (person that is brain dead or suffers from extensive paralysis)

Declension

Declension of warzywo

	singular	plural
nominative	warzywo	warzywa
genitive	warzywa	warzyw
dative	warzywu	warzywom
accusative	warzywo	warzywa
instrumental	warzywem	warzywami
locative	warzywie	warzywach
vocative	warzywo	warzywa

Derived terms

nouns

• warzywnia
• warzywniak
• warzywnica
• warzywnik

 

Related terms

adjective

• warzywniczy

 

nouns

• warzywnictwo
• warzywniczka

 

Further reading

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