Kazimierz

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *Kaziměrъ, *Kazimirъ (“destroyer of peace”, from *kaziti (“to destroy”) +‎ *mirъ (“peace”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈʑi.mjɛʂ/

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• Rhymes: -imjɛʂ
• Syllabification: Ka‧zi‧mierz

Proper noun

Kazimierz m pers (female equivalent Kazimiera, diminutive Kazik or Kazio)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Casimir

Declension

Declension of Kazimierz

	singular	plural
nominative	Kazimierz	Kazimierzowie
genitive	Kazimierza	Kazimierzów
dative	Kazimierzowi	Kazimierzom
accusative	Kazimierza	Kazimierzów
instrumental	Kazimierzem	Kazimierzami
locative	Kazimierzu	Kazimierzach
vocative	Kazimierzu	Kazimierzowie

Descendants

• → English: Casimir
• → French: Casimir
• → Hungarian: Kázmér
• → Italian: Casimiro
• → Japanese: カジミール (Kajimīru)
• → Latin: Casimīrus
• → Latvian: Kazimirs
• → Lithuanian: Kazimieras
• → Portuguese: Casimiro
• → Romanian: Cazimir
• → Spanish: Casimiro

Proper noun

Kazimierz m inan (related adjective kazimierski, demonym kazimierzanin, female demonym kazimierzanka)

1. Kazimierz (a district of Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
2. Kazimierz (a district of Sosnowiec, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland)
3. Kazimierz (a village in the Gmina of Lutomiersk, Pabianice County, Lodz Voivodeship, Poland)
4. Kazimierz (a village in the Gmina of Skomlin, Wieluń County, Lodz Voivodeship, Poland)
5. Kazimierz (a village in the Gmina of Głogówek, Prudnik County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland)
6. Kazimierz (a village in the Gmina of Kosakowo, Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
7. Kazimierz (a village in the Gmina of Biały Bór, Szczecinek County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Declension of Kazimierz

	singular
nominative	Kazimierz
genitive	Kazimierza
dative	Kazimierzowi
accusative	Kazimierz
instrumental	Kazimierzem
locative	Kazimierzu
vocative	Kazimierzu

References

• Derksen, Rick: Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon

Further reading

• “Kazimierz”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “Kazimierz”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)