nerw

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nerwy

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English nerve, French nerf, German Nerv, ultimately from Latin nervus. Doublet of neuron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛrf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrf
• Syllabification: nerw

Noun

nerw m inan (related adjective nerwowy)

1. (countable, neuroanatomy) nerve (bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels, and lymphatics)

   Synonym: fibra

2. (countable, botany) midrib, nerve (vein in a leaf; a grain in wood)

   Synonym: żyłka

3. (uncountable) knack, acumen (innate ability to do something)

   Synonyms: instynkt, talent, żyłka

4. (in the plural, informal, psychology) nerves (one's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche)

   Synonym: psychika

5. (in the plural) nerves (mental agitation caused by fear, stress, or other negative emotions)

   Synonyms: irytacja, niepokój, rozdrażnienie, zdenerwowanie

6. (in the plural, pathology, psychology) neurosis (mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society)

   Synonyms: nerwica, neuroza

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	nerw	nerwy
genitive	nerwu	nerwów
dative	nerwowi	nerwom
accusative	nerw	nerwy
instrumental	nerwem	nerwami
locative	nerwie	nerwach
vocative	nerwie	nerwy

Declension of nerw

Derived terms

(adjectives):

• nerwisty

(nouns):

• nerwiak
• nerwica
• nerwizm
• nerwoból
• nerwowiec
• nerwówka
• nerwus

(verbs):

• nerwować impf
• znerwować pf

Related terms

(adjectives):

• nerwicowy
• znerwicowany

(adverbs):

• nerwowie
• nerwowo

(nouns):

• nerwicowiec
• nerwowość
• nerwówa
• znerwicowanie

(verbs):

• denerwować impf
• zdenerwować pf

Further reading

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛru/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈneːru/, /ˈnɛru/

Noun

nerw

1. Nasal mutation of derw.

Mutation

Mutated forms of derw

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
derw	dderw	nerw	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.