skierny
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *iskrьňь. Doublet of kierny (“frank, honest, sincere”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskjɛr.nɨ/
- Rhymes: -ɛrnɨ
- Syllabification: skier‧ny
Adjective
skierny (comparative skierniejszy or bardziej skierny, superlative najskierniejszy or najbardziej skierny, adverb skiernie)
- (dialectal) importunate, stubborn
- Synonyms: naprzykrzony, uparty
Declension
Declension of skierny
| case | singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine personal/animate | masculine inanimate | neuter | feminine | virile | nonvirile | ||
| nominative, vocative | skierny | skierne | skierna | skierni | skierne | ||
| genitive | skiernego | skiernej | skiernych | ||||
| dative | skiernemu | skiernym | |||||
| accusative | skiernego | skierny | skierne | skierną | skiernych | skierne | |
| instrumental | skiernym | skiernymi | |||||
| locative | skiernej | skiernych | |||||
Related terms
noun
- (possibly) korzeń
Further reading
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1915), “skierny”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 6, Warsaw, page 158