agrest

See also: Agrest, agrèst, and agrëst

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• hrabrest

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin agrestis. First attested in 1472.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agrest m animacy unattested

1. type of sour wine
   • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[1], number 1039:

     Agrest pusca

     [Agrest pusca]

   • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2‎^[2], number 1033:

     Hrabrest vinum pomorum al. pomaceum

     [Hrabrest vinum pomorum al. pomaceum]

Descendants

• Polish: agrest

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “agrest, hrabrest”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

agrest

Alternative forms

• agresta (Middle Polish, 16th-early 17th century)
• angrest (Middle Polish or dialectal, since the 18th century)
• agreszt (Middle Polish, 17th century)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish agrest (“a type of sour wine”), from Latin agrestis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡrɛst/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡrɛst/

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• Rhymes: -aɡrɛst
• Syllabification: a‧grest

Noun

agrest m inan

1. European gooseberry, gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) [from 16th c.]

   chiński agrest ― Chinese gooseberry

   dziki agrest ― wild gooseberry

   zielony agrest ― green gooseberry

   czerwony agrest ― red gooseberry

   czarny agrest ― black gooseberry

   krzak agrestu ― a gooseberry bush

   krzew agrestu ― a gooseberry shrub

   owoc agrestu ― a gooseberry fruit

   uprawa agrestu ― gooseberry cultivation/growing/crop/farming

   liście agrestu ― gooseberry leaves

   • 2000, Roman Antoszewski, Kariera na trzy karpie morskie‎^[3], Philip Wilson:

     Zupełnie zapomniałam, ten słoik z konfiturami truskawkowymi na cukrze wyniosłyśmy do piwniczki z Baśką, bo tu nie było miejsca. Tu mam agrest, ale Władek najlepiej lubił truskawki mocno scukrzone, choć mu to szkodziło.

     I had completely forgotten that I took this jar of strawberry sugar preserves out to the basement with Baśka because up here there was no room. Here I have gooseberry, but Władek loved strongly sweetened strawberreis best, even though it was bad for his health.

2. (Middle Polish) fine sour wine [15th–17th c.]

Declension

Declension of agrest

	singular	plural
nominative	agrest	agresty
genitive	agrestu	agrestów
dative	agrestowi	agrestom
accusative	agrest	agresty
instrumental	agrestem	agrestami
locative	agreście	agrestach
vocative	agreście	agresty

Derived terms

adjective

• agrestowy

 

nouns

• agrestnik
• agreściak
• agreśniak

 

Descendants

• → Old Ruthenian: а҆́ґрестъ (a҆́grest)

Further reading

• agrest in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• agrest in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “agrest”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[4]
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “agrest”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861‎^[5]
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “agrest”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎^[6] (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 14

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin agrestis or French agreste.

Adjective

agrest m or n (feminine singular agrestă, masculine plural agrești, feminine and neuter plural agreste)

1. rustic

Declension

Declension of agrest

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	agrest		agrestă	agrești	agreste
	definite	agrestul		agresta	agreștii	agrestele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	agrest		agreste	agrești	agreste
	definite	agrestului		agrestei	agreștilor	agrestelor