pęcherz

See also: pecherz and Pęcherz

Polish

pęcherz

Alternative forms

• pęchierz, pęchirz, pęchyrz (obsolete)
• pecherz (Łowicz, Płaskocin, Strugienice)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Slavic *puxъ

Proto-Slavic *-yrь

Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь

Polish pęcherz

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫxyrь. Doublet of bachor and bachorz. Compare also mecherz, mechierz, męcherz, and męchierz from *měxyrь, *měxorь.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛŋ.xɛʂ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋxɛʂ
• Syllabification: pę‧cherz
• Homophone: Pęcherz

Noun

pęcherz m inan (diminutive pęcherzyk, related adjective pęcherzowy)

1. (medicine) blister (small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease, or infection)

   Synonym: bąbel

2. bladder (flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases)

   pęcherz pławny ― swim bladder

   pęcherz płodowy ― amnion

   1. urinary bladder (elastic, muscular sac situated in the pelvic cavity, into which urine from the kidneys is temporarily stored prior to disposal by urination)

      Synonym: pęcherz moczowy

Declension

Declension of pęcherz

	singular	plural
nominative	pęcherz	pęcherze
genitive	pęcherza	pęcherzy/pęcherzów
dative	pęcherzowi	pęcherzom
accusative	pęcherz	pęcherze
instrumental	pęcherzem	pęcherzami
locative	pęcherzu	pęcherzach
vocative	pęcherzu	pęcherze

Derived terms

adjectives

• pęcherzowaty

nouns

• pęcherzowiec

Related terms

nouns

• pęcherzowość

Further reading

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