pazerny

Polish

Etymology

From earlier dialectal pażerny, pażyrny, from Old Polish pażyra (“glutton”). Compare pożerać (“to devour”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈzɛr.nɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrnɨ
  • Syllabification: pa‧zer‧ny

Adjective

pazerny (comparative pazerniejszy, superlative najpazerniejszy, adverb pazernie)

  1. (colloquial) greedy, rapacious
    Synonym: zachłanny

Declension
Declension of pazerny
case singular plural
masculine personal/animate masculine inanimate neuter feminine virile nonvirile
nominative, vocative pazerny pazerne pazerna pazerni pazerne
genitive pazernego pazernej pazernych
dative pazernemu pazernym
accusative pazernego pazerny pazerne pazerną pazernych pazerne
instrumental pazernym pazernymi
locative pazernej pazernych

Derived terms
noun
  • pazerność

References
  1. Andrzej Bańkowski (2000) Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish)

Further reading
  • pazerny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pazerny in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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