pokrzywa

Polish

Etymology

From Old Polish koprzywa from Proto-Slavic *kropiva, adideated to po- and krzywy or pokrzywić (cf. Polish placename Koprzywnica, Czech kopřiva, Serbo-Croatian kopriva, Russian крапива (krapiva) (adideated to кропить (kropitʹ) and with akanye fixed in spelling).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔkˈʂɨ.va/

Noun

pokrzywa f

nettle (any plant of the genus Urtica)
(slang) teacher

Declension

declension of pokrzywa

	singular	plural
nominative	pokrzywa	pokrzywy
genitive	pokrzywy	pokrzyw
dative	pokrzywie	pokrzywom
accusative	pokrzywę	pokrzywy
instrumental	pokrzywą	pokrzywami
locative	pokrzywie	pokrzywach
vocative	pokrzywo	pokrzywy

Further reading

pokrzywa in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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