żubr

See also: zubr, Żubr, and žubr

Polish

żubr

Etymology

From older zubr, an Old East Slavic-influenced form from Proto-Slavic *zǫbrъ, *izǫbrъ. Displaced Old Polish ząbr. The current form being żubr and not zubr is a result of hypercorrection due to avoiding mazuration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʐubr/

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• Rhymes: -ubr
• Syllabification: żubr
• Homophone: Żubr

Noun

żubr m animal (female equivalent żubrzyca, diminutive żubrek, related adjective żubrowy or żubrzy)

1. European bison, wisent, zubr (Bos bonasus)

   Coordinate term: bizon

2. Żubr beer
3. Żubr A80 (any of the line of lorries manufactured in Jelcz-Laskowice between 1960 and 1968)

Declension

Declension of żubr

	singular	plural
nominative	żubr	żubry
genitive	żubra	żubrów
dative	żubrowi	żubrom
accusative	żubra	żubry
instrumental	żubrem	żubrami
locative	żubrze	żubrach
vocative	żubrze	żubry

Noun

żubr m pers

1. (historical, politics) żubr kresowy (representative of a group of conservative Polish landowners who lived in the early 20th century in the eastern territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, now part of Lithuania or Belarus)

Declension

Declension of żubr

	singular	plural
nominative	żubr	żubrowie/żubry (deprecative)
genitive	żubra	żubrów
dative	żubrowi	żubrom
accusative	żubra	żubrów
instrumental	żubrem	żubrami
locative	żubrze	żubrach
vocative	żubrze	żubrowie/żubry (deprecative)

Derived terms

nouns

• Żubr
• żubrobizon
• żubroń
• żubrowiny
• żubrowisko
• żubrownik
• żubrówka
• żubrzę
• żubrzyk

 

verbs

• żubrować impf
• żubrzyć impf

 

Related terms

noun

• żubrzątko

 

Descendants

• → English: zubr
• → Old Ruthenian: жубръ (žubr), żubr
  • ⇒ Ukrainian: жуброви́й (žubrovýj)
• → Vilamovian: żubr

References

• Grzegorz Jagodziński (2008 October 7) Nieindoeuropejskie słownictwo w germańskim‎^[1], retrieved 28-Feb-2013.

Further reading

• żubr in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• żubr in Polish dictionaries at PWN