Żyd

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See also: żyd, Žyd, and żyd.

Old Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old Czech Žid.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /ʒʲɨt/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ʒʲɨt/

Noun[edit]

Żyd m ?

  1. jew

Descendants[edit]

  • Polish: Żyd

References[edit]

  1. ^ Šekli, Matej (2015) “Old Romance place names in early South Slavic and late Proto-Slavic sound changes”, in Linguistica, volume 55(1), page 106

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Polish Żyd, from Old Czech Žid, from West South Slavic *Židъ, from early South Slavic *Žydъ, from Romance *Ǯūdēus, from Latin iūdaeus,[1] from Ancient Greek Ῐ̓ουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוּדָה (y'hudá).

For similar religious borrowings, compare Rzym (Rome), krzyż (cross).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Żyd m pers (female equivalent Żydówka)

  1. (Judaism) Jew (person with cultural or ancestral Jewish connections)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Šekli, Matej (2015) “Old Romance place names in early South Slavic and late Proto-Slavic sound changes”, in Linguistica, volume 55(1), page 106

Further reading[edit]

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