źdźbło
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish śćbło (with genitive plural *ściebł), from Proto-Slavic *stьblo.
Pronunciation
Noun
źdźbło n (diminutive ździebełko)
- (botany) blade, culm
- 1941, Władysław Stanisław Reymont, translated by Michael H. Dziewicki, Chłopi [The Peasants]:
- Siwe, lodowate bicze deszczów siekły bezustannie ziemię i przemiękały do głębi, aż drzewo każde, źdźbło każde dygotało w bezmiernym bólu.
- The rain, like scourges of ashen-gray hue, unceasingly beat upon the earth, soaking every tree to its very centre, and making every blade of grass quiver, as in dire pain.
- 2013 August 12, Tomasz Kłosowski, “Ładne męskie nogi nad wodą”, in Rzeczpospolita:
- Ale badacze potrafią ją wypatrzyć, bo po obu stronach źdźbła wystają wielkie oczy.
- But the researches can spot it, because large eyes stick out on both sides of the blade of grass.
- (colloquial) a very small amount of something
Declension
Declension of źdźbło
Derived terms
adjective
proverb
Related terms
noun
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