paremia

See also: parèmia and paremią

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin paroemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈrɛ.mja/

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• Rhymes: -ɛmja
• Syllabification: pa‧re‧mia

Noun

paremia f

1. paroemia (short and pertinent phrase expressing universal messages, taken as a hint, warning, or commentary of some situation)

   Hyponyms: porzekadło, przysłowie, zagadka

Declension

Declension of paremia

	singular	plural
nominative	paremia	paremie
genitive	paremii	paremii/paremij (archaic)
dative	paremii	paremiom
accusative	paremię	paremie
instrumental	paremią	paremiami
locative	paremii	paremiach
vocative	paremio	paremie

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin paroemia, from Ancient Greek παροιμία (paroimía, “proverb”). Compare English paroemia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾemja/ [paˈɾe.mja]
• Rhymes: -emja
• Syllabification: pa‧re‧mia

Noun

paremia f (plural paremias)

1. proverb, saying; paroemia

   Synonym: proverbio

Further reading

• “paremia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10