barwa

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Ultimately from Middle High German varwe (perhaps via Czech barva or Polish barwa), from Old High German farawa, from Proto-Germanic *farwō. Compare also Upper Sorbian barba, Slovene barva, and Belarusian and Ukrainian барва (barva).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbarva/

Noun

barwa f

  1. color

Declension
Declension of barwa
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative barwa barwje barwy
Genitive barwy barwowu barwow
Dative barwje barwoma barwam
Accusative barwu barwje barwy
Instrumental barwu barwoma barwami
Locative barwje barwoma barwach

Further reading
  • barwa in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
  • barwa in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Polish

Etymology

From Czech barva, from Middle High German varwe.[1] Doublet of farba (“paint”), which is from modern German.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbar.va/
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Noun

barwa f

  1. colour
  2. hue
  3. tint
  4. tone
  5. dye

Declension
declension of barwa
singular plural
nominative barwa barwy
genitive barwy barw
dative barwie barwom
accusative barwę barwy
instrumental barwą barwami
locative barwie barwach
vocative barwo barwy

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • barwić (verb)
  • barwnik m (noun)
  • barwny (adjective)

Descendants

References
  1. Brückner, Aleksander (1927), “barwa”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish): “z czes. barwa z dawnego niem. prasłowa varwe, dziś Farbe”

Further reading
  • barwa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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