ziew

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zěvъ. By surface analysis, deverbal from ziewać.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʑɛf/

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• Rhymes: -ɛf
• Syllabification: ziew

Noun

ziew m inan

1. (rare) yawn (act of yawning)

   Synonym: ziewnięcie

2. (rare) breath (act of breathing)

   Synonyms: dech, oddech

3. (obsolete, in the plural) gaping jaws

   Synonyms: paszcza, paszczęka

Declension

Declension of ziew

	singular	plural
nominative	ziew	ziewy
genitive	ziewu	ziewów
dative	ziewowi	ziewom
accusative	ziew	ziewy
instrumental	ziewem	ziewami
locative	ziewie	ziewach
vocative	ziewie	ziewy

Related terms

nouns

• ziewacz
• ziewnięcie
• ziewota

 

verbs

• ziać impf
• ziajać impf
• ziewnąć pf
• zionąć impf or pf

 

Further reading

• ziew in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “ziać”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna