starszy

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Polish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *starějь. By surface analysis, stary +‎ -szy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstarʂɘ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -arʂɘ
  • Syllabification: star‧szy

Adjective

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starszy

  1. comparative degree of stary

Declension

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Derived terms

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nouns

Noun

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starszy m pers (female equivalent starsza)

  1. (slang, nominalized) old man (father)

Declension

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Noun

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starszy m pers

  1. (Kuyavia, nominalized, military) officer
    Synonym: oficer
  2. (Kuyavia, nominalized) older farmhand

Further reading

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  • starszy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • starszy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “starszy”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 276

Anagrams

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