pokarm

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa

Proto-Slavic *po

Proto-Slavic *po-

Old Polish po-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₃-m-der.?

Proto-Slavic *kъrmъ

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei

Proto-Slavic *-iti

Proto-Slavic *kъrmiti

Old Polish karmić

Old Polish pokarmić

Polish pokarmićdeverb.

Polish pokarm

Deverbal from pokarmić. By surface analysis, po- +‎ karm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.karm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔkarm
• Syllabification: po‧karm

Noun

pokarm m inan

1. food

   Synonyms: jedzenie, pożywienie, żywność, jadło, strawa

2. fodder, animal feed

   Synonyms: karma, pasza

3. milk produced by mammary glands
4. that which powers something

Declension

Declension of pokarm

	singular	plural
nominative	pokarm	pokarmy
genitive	pokarmu	pokarmów
dative	pokarmowi	pokarmom
accusative	pokarm	pokarmy
instrumental	pokarmem	pokarmami
locative	pokarmie	pokarmach
vocative	pokarmie	pokarmy

Related terms

• pokarmowo
• pokarmowy

Verb

pokarm

1. second-person singular imperative present of pokarmić

Further reading

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