adamant

adamant (nominative singular)
adamanty (nominative plural)
adamantu (genitive singular)
adament (accusative singular)

Learned borrowing from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”). First attested in 1525. Doublet of diament.

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “adamas”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]


heliodor

heliodor (nominative singular)
heliodory (nominative plural)
heliodoru (genitive singular)
heliodorów (genitive plural)
heliodorowi (dative singular)
heliodorom (dative plural)
heliodor (accusative singular)
heliodory (accusative plural)
heliodorem (instrumental singular)
heliodorami (instrumental plural)
heliodorze (locative singular)
heliodorach (locative plural)
heliodorze (singular vocative)
heliodory (plural vocative)


agat

agatowy (adjective)
agat (nominative singular)
agaty (nominative plural)
agatu (genitive singular)
agatów (genitive plural)
agatowi (dative singular)
agatom (dative plural)
agat (accusative singular)
agaty (accusative plural)
agatem (instrumental singular)
agatami (instrumental plural)
agacie (locative singular)
agatach (locative plural)
agacie (singular vocative)
agaty (plural vocative)

agat oprawiony w coś

przepiękne agaty

agat mszysty

wykonany z agatu

(mineralogy) agate (semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two)


topaz

pl-noun

topaz m inan (related adjective topazowy)

topazowy (adjective)
topaz (nominative singular)
topazy (nominative plural)
topazu (genitive singular)
topazów (genitive plural)
topazowi (dative singular)
topazom (dative plural)
topaz (accusative singular)
topazy (accusative plural)
topazem (instrumental singular)
topazami (instrumental plural)
topazie (locative singular)
topazach (locative plural)
topazie (singular vocative)
topazy (plural vocative)


labrador

labrador (nominative singular)
labradory (nominative plural)
labradora (genitive singular)
labradorów (genitive plural)
labradorowi (dative singular)
labradorom (dative plural)
labradora (accusative singular)
labradory (accusative plural)
labradorem (instrumental singular)
labradorami (instrumental plural)
labradorze (locative singular)
labradorach (locative plural)
labradorze (singular vocative)
labradory (plural vocative)


balas

balasek (diminutive)
balas (nominative singular)
balasy (nominative plural)
balasa (genitive singular)
balasów (genitive plural)
balasowi (dative singular)
balasom (dative plural)
balas (accusative singular)
balasy (accusative plural)
balasem (instrumental singular)
balasami (instrumental plural)
balasie (locative singular)
balasach (locative plural)
balasie (singular vocative)
balasy (plural vocative)

(Middle Polish, gemology) type of red gemstone


ametyst

ametyst (nominative singular)
ametysty (nominative plural)
ametystu (genitive singular)
ametystów (genitive plural)
ametystowi (dative singular)
ametystom (dative plural)
ametyst (accusative singular)
ametysty (accusative plural)
ametystem (instrumental singular)
ametystami (instrumental plural)
ametyście (locative singular)
ametystach (locative plural)
ametyście (singular vocative)
ametysty (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin amethystus, from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos). First attested in 1534.

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ametyst”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

fioletowy ametyst

poszukiwanie ametystów


perła

pl-noun

perła f (diminutive perełka, related adjective perłowy)

perełka (diminutive)
perłowy (adjective)
perła (nominative singular)
perły (nominative plural)
perły (genitive singular)
pereł (genitive plural)
perle (dative singular)
perłom (dative plural)
perłę (accusative singular)
perły (accusative plural)
perłą (instrumental singular)
perłami (instrumental plural)
perle (locative singular)
perłach (locative plural)
perło (singular vocative)
perły (plural vocative)

pearl (shelly concretion, usually rounded and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves)

(in the plural) pearls (necklace made of pearls)


rubin

rubinek (diminutive)
rubin (nominative singular)
rubiny (nominative plural)
rubinu (genitive singular)
rubinów (genitive plural)
rubinowi (dative singular)
rubinom (dative plural)
rubin (accusative singular)
rubiny (accusative plural)
rubinem (instrumental singular)
rubinami (instrumental plural)
rubinie (locative singular)
rubinach (locative plural)
rubinie (singular vocative)
rubiny (plural vocative)


diament

diament m inan (diminutive diamencik, related adjective diamentowy)

diamencik (diminutive)
diamentowy (adjective)
diament (nominative singular)
diamenty (nominative plural)
diamentu (genitive singular)
diamentów (genitive plural)
diamentowi (dative singular)
diamentom (dative plural)
diament (accusative singular)
diamenty (accusative plural)
diamentem (instrumental singular)
diamentami (instrumental plural)
diamencie (locative singular)
diamentach (locative plural)
diamencie (singular vocative)
diamenty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle High German dīamant, from Old French diamant, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Doublet of adamant.


brylant

pl-noun

brylant m inan (diminutive brylancik, augmentative brylanciuch, related adjective brylantowy)

brylancik (diminutive)
brylanciuch (augmentative)
brylantowy (adjective)
brylant (nominative singular)
brylanty (nominative plural)
brylantu (genitive singular)
brylantów (genitive plural)
brylantowi (dative singular)
brylantom (dative plural)
brylant (accusative singular)
brylanty (accusative plural)
brylantem (instrumental singular)
brylantami (instrumental plural)
brylancie (locative singular)
brylantach (locative plural)
brylancie (singular vocative)
brylanty (plural vocative)

(figurative) person or object of value and deserving of high esteem


szmaragd

szmaragd m inan (related adjective szmaragdowy)

szmaragdowy (adjective)
szmaragd (nominative singular)
szmaragdy (nominative plural)
szmaragdu (genitive singular)
szmaragdów (genitive plural)
szmaragdowi (dative singular)
szmaragdom (dative plural)
szmaragd (accusative singular)
szmaragdy (accusative plural)
szmaragdem (instrumental singular)
szmaragdami (instrumental plural)
szmaragdzie (locative singular)
szmaragdach (locative plural)
szmaragdzie (singular vocative)
szmaragdy (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Polish smaragd, from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), from a Semitic language.


chalcedon

chalcedon (nominative singular)
chalcedony (nominative plural)
chalcedonu (genitive singular)
chalcedonów (genitive plural)
chalcedonowi (dative singular)
chalcedonom (dative plural)
chalcedon (accusative singular)
chalcedony (accusative plural)
chalcedonem (instrumental singular)
chalcedonami (instrumental plural)
chalcedonie (locative singular)
chalcedonach (locative plural)
chalcedonie (singular vocative)
chalcedony (plural vocative)


amazonit

amazonit (nominative singular)
amazonity (nominative plural)
amazonitu (genitive singular)
amazonitów (genitive plural)
amazonitowi (dative singular)
amazonitom (dative plural)
amazonit (accusative singular)
amazonity (accusative plural)
amazonitem (instrumental singular)
amazonitami (instrumental plural)
amazonicie (locative singular)
amazonitach (locative plural)
amazonicie (singular vocative)
amazonity (plural vocative)

From Amazonka + -it. First attested in 1883.

ref

Encyklopedyja powszechna S. Orgelbranda: Nowe stereotypowe odbicie, Volume 1 (1883) S. Orgelbranda (in Polish), page 141

(mineralogy) amazonite (green tectosilicate mineral, a variety of the potassium feldspar called microcline)


turkus

turkusik (diminutive)
turkus (nominative singular)
turkusy (nominative plural)
turkusu (genitive singular)
turkusów (genitive plural)
turkusowi (dative singular)
turkusom (dative plural)
turkus (accusative singular)
turkusy (accusative plural)
turkusem (instrumental singular)
turkusami (instrumental plural)
turkusie (locative singular)
turkusach (locative plural)
turkusie (singular vocative)
turkusy (plural vocative)

Internationalism; compare Czech tyrkys, German Türkis, Italian turchese, ultimately from Old French turquoise.

(mineralogy) turquoise (semiprecious stone)


klejnot

klejnocik (diminutive)
klejnot (nominative singular)
klejnoty (nominative plural)
klejnotu (genitive singular)
klejnotów (genitive plural)
klejnotowi (dative singular)
klejnotom (dative plural)
klejnot (accusative singular)
klejnoty (accusative plural)
klejnotem (instrumental singular)
klejnotami (instrumental plural)
klejnocie (locative singular)
klejnotach (locative plural)
klejnocie (singular vocative)
klejnoty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Middle High German kleinōt, kleinœte.


hiacynt

hiacynt (nominative singular)
hiacynty (nominative plural)
hiacyntu (genitive singular)
hiacyntów (genitive plural)
hiacyntowi (dative singular)
hiacyntom (dative plural)
hiacynt (accusative singular)
hiacynty (accusative plural)
hiacyntem (instrumental singular)
hiacyntami (instrumental plural)
hiacyncie (locative singular)
hiacyntach (locative plural)
hiacyncie (singular vocative)
hiacynty (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin hyacinthos, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos).

hyacinth (plant of the genus Hyacinthus)


cytryn

cytryn (nominative singular)
cytryny (nominative plural)
cytrynu (genitive singular)
cytrynów (genitive plural)
cytrynowi (dative singular)
cytrynom (dative plural)
cytryn (accusative singular)
cytryny (accusative plural)
cytrynem (instrumental singular)
cytrynami (instrumental plural)
cytrynie (locative singular)
cytrynach (locative plural)
cytrynie (singular vocative)
cytryny (plural vocative)

Borrowed from English citrine, from French citrin, from Latin citrus, from Etruscan, from Ancient Greek κέδρος (kédros). Doublet of cedr, cedrat, cytron, cytrus, and cytryna.


szlif

szlif (nominative singular)
szlify (nominative plural)
szlifu (genitive singular)
szlifów (genitive plural)
szlifowi (dative singular)
szlifom (dative plural)
szlif (accusative singular)
szlify (accusative plural)
szlifem (instrumental singular)
szlifami (instrumental plural)
szlifie (locative singular)
szlifach (locative plural)
szlifie (singular vocative)
szlify (plural vocative)


macica perłowa

macica perłowa (nominative singular)
macicy perłowej (genitive singular)
macicy perłowej (dative singular)
macicę perłową (accusative singular)
macicą perłową (instrumental singular)
macicy perłowej (locative singular)
macico perłowa (singular vocative)

(idiomatic) mother-of-pearl, nacre (hard pearly inner layer of certain mollusk shells)


masa perłowa

masa perłowa (nominative singular)
masy perłowej (genitive singular)
masie perłowej (dative singular)
masę perłową (accusative singular)
masą perłową (instrumental singular)
masie perłowej (locative singular)
maso perłowa (singular vocative)


akwamaryna

akwamaryna (nominative singular)
akwamaryny (nominative plural)
akwamaryny (genitive singular)
akwamaryn (genitive plural)
akwamarynie (dative singular)
akwamarynom (dative plural)
akwamarynę (accusative singular)
akwamaryny (accusative plural)
akwamaryną (instrumental singular)
akwamarynami (instrumental plural)
akwamarynie (locative singular)
akwamarynach (locative plural)
akwamaryno (singular vocative)
akwamaryny (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin aqua marīna. First attested in 1835.

ref

Łubkowski (1835) Nowy słownik rossyjsko-polski. T. 1, A-O. (in Polish), page 19

akwamaryna in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego


akwamaryn

akwamaryn (nominative singular)
akwamaryny (nominative plural)
akwamarynu (genitive singular)
akwamarynów (genitive plural)
akwamarynowi (dative singular)
akwamarynom (dative plural)
akwamaryn (accusative singular)
akwamaryny (accusative plural)
akwamarynem (instrumental singular)
akwamarynami (instrumental plural)
akwamarynie (locative singular)
akwamarynach (locative plural)
akwamarynie (singular vocative)
akwamaryny (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin aqua marīna. First attested in 1803.

Roczniki Towarzystwa Warszawskiego Przyiaciół Nauk (in Polish), number 2, 1803, page 331

akwamaryn in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

aquamarine (bluish-green colour of the sea)

aquamarine (bluish-green variety of beryl)


aleksandryt

aleksandryt (nominative singular)
aleksandryty (nominative plural)
aleksandrytu (genitive singular)
aleksandrytów (genitive plural)
aleksandrytowi (dative singular)
aleksandrytom (dative plural)
aleksandryt (accusative singular)
aleksandryty (accusative plural)
aleksandrytem (instrumental singular)
aleksandrytami (instrumental plural)
aleksandrycie (locative singular)
aleksandrytach (locative plural)
aleksandrycie (singular vocative)
aleksandryty (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Russian александри́т (aleksandrít), named after Aleksándr Nikolayevich II + -yt. First attested in 1887.

bor+

александри́т

ref

Kraj : tygodnik polityczno-społeczny (in Polish), number R.6, nr 34, 1887, page 4


almandyn

almandyn (nominative singular)
almandyny (nominative plural)
almandynu (genitive singular)
almandynów (genitive plural)
almandynowi (dative singular)
almandynom (dative plural)
almandyn (accusative singular)
almandyny (accusative plural)
almandynem (instrumental singular)
almandynami (instrumental plural)
almandynie (locative singular)
almandynach (locative plural)
almandynie (singular vocative)
almandyny (plural vocative)

From Ancient Greek Ἀλάβανδα (Alábanda) + -yn. First attested in 1672.

af

grc:Ἀλάβανδα

ref

Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (24.03.2009) “ALMADYN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]


andaluzyt

andaluzyt (nominative singular)
andaluzyty (nominative plural)
andaluzytu (genitive singular)
andaluzytów (genitive plural)
andaluzytowi (dative singular)
andaluzytom (dative plural)
andaluzyt (accusative singular)
andaluzyty (accusative plural)
andaluzytem (instrumental singular)
andaluzytami (instrumental plural)
andaluzycie (locative singular)
andaluzytach (locative plural)
andaluzycie (singular vocative)
andaluzyty (plural vocative)

From Andaluzja + -yt. First attested in 1848.

François-Sulpice Beudant (1848) Wykład początków mineralogji i geologji. T. 1, Mineralogja (in Polish), page XVII


awanturyn

awanturyn (nominative singular)
awanturyny (nominative plural)
awanturynu (genitive singular)
awanturynów (genitive plural)
awanturynowi (dative singular)
awanturynom (dative plural)
awanturyn (accusative singular)
awanturyny (accusative plural)
awanturynem (instrumental singular)
awanturynami (instrumental plural)
awanturynie (locative singular)
awanturynach (locative plural)
awanturynie (singular vocative)
awanturyny (plural vocative)


awenturyn

awenturyn (nominative singular)
awenturyny (nominative plural)
awenturynu (genitive singular)
awenturynów (genitive plural)
awenturynowi (dative singular)
awenturynom (dative plural)
awenturyn (accusative singular)
awenturyny (accusative plural)
awenturynem (instrumental singular)
awenturynami (instrumental plural)
awenturynie (locative singular)
awenturynach (locative plural)
awenturynie (singular vocative)
awenturyny (plural vocative)

(mineralogy) Alternative form of awanturyn


kamień szlachetny

kamień szlachetny (nominative singular)
kamienie szlachetne (nominative plural)
kamienia szlachetnego (genitive singular)
kamieni szlachetnych (genitive plural)
kamieniowi szlachetnemu (dative singular)
kamieniom szlachetnym (dative plural)
kamień szlachetny (accusative singular)
kamienie szlachetne (accusative plural)
kamieniem szlachetnym (instrumental singular)
kamieniami szlachetnymi (instrumental plural)
kamieniu szlachetnym (locative singular)
kamieniach szlachetnych (locative plural)
kamieniu szlachetny (singular vocative)
kamienie szlachetne (plural vocative)

(idiomatic) gem, gemstone, jewel, precious stone


półszlachetny

pl-adj

półszlachetny (not comparable, no derived adverb)

półszlachetny (masculine nominative singular)
półszlachetna (feminine nominative singular)
półszlachetne (neuter nominative singular)
półszlachetni (nominative plural virile)
półszlachetne (nominative plural)
półszlachetnego (genitive masculine singular)
półszlachetnej (feminine genitive singular)
półszlachetnego (genitive neuter singular)
półszlachetnych (genitive plural)
półszlachetnych (genitive plural virile)
półszlachetnemu (dative masculine singular)
półszlachetnej (dative feminine singular)
półszlachetnemu (dative neuter singular)
półszlachetnym (dative plural)
półszlachetnym (dative plural virile)
półszlachetnego (accusative animate masculine singular)
półszlachetny (accusative inanimate masculine singular)
półszlachetną (accusative feminine singular)
półszlachetne (accusative neuter singular)
półszlachetnych (accusative plural virile)
półszlachetne (accusative plural)
półszlachetnym (instrumental masculine singular)
półszlachetną (feminine instrumental singular)
półszlachetnym (instrumental neuter singular)
półszlachetnymi (instrumental plural)
półszlachetnymi (instrumental plural virile)
półszlachetnym (locative masculine singular)
półszlachetnej (feminine locative singular)
półszlachetnym (locative neuter singular)
półszlachetnych (locative plural)
półszlachetnych (locative plural virile)


adamantyn

adamantyn (nominative singular)
adamantyny (nominative plural)
adamantynu (genitive singular)
adamantynów (genitive plural)
adamantynowi (dative singular)
adamantynom (dative plural)
adamantyn (accusative singular)
adamantyny (accusative plural)
adamantynem (instrumental singular)
adamantynami (instrumental plural)
adamantynie (locative singular)
adamantynach (locative plural)
adamantynie (singular vocative)
adamantyny (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin adamantinus. First attested in 1563.

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “adamantyn”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]


karbunkuł

karbunkuł (nominative singular)
karbunkuły (nominative plural)
karbunkułu (genitive singular)
karbunkułów (genitive plural)
karbunkułowi (dative singular)
karbunkułom (dative plural)
karbunkuł (accusative singular)
karbunkuły (accusative plural)
karbunkułem (instrumental singular)
karbunkułami (instrumental plural)
karbunkule (locative singular)
karbunkułach (locative plural)
karbunkule (singular vocative)
karbunkuły (plural vocative)

Learned borrowing from Latin carbunculus. First attested in 1528.

ref

Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “karbunkulus”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

(archaic) carbuncle (a deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon)

(dated, pathology) carbuncle (an abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin)


sardonik

sardonik (nominative singular)
sardoniki (nominative plural)
sardoniku (genitive singular)
sardoników (genitive plural)
sardonikowi (dative singular)
sardonikom (dative plural)
sardonik (accusative singular)
sardoniki (accusative plural)
sardonikiem (instrumental singular)
sardonikami (instrumental plural)
sardoniku (locative singular)
sardonikach (locative plural)
sardoniku (singular vocative)
sardoniki (plural vocative)

sardonyx (gemstone banded with red sard)


sardonyks

sardonyks (nominative singular)
sardonyksy (nominative plural)
sardonyksu (genitive singular)
sardonyksów (genitive plural)
sardonyksowi (dative singular)
sardonyksom (dative plural)
sardonyks (accusative singular)
sardonyksy (accusative plural)
sardonyksem (instrumental singular)
sardonyksami (instrumental plural)
sardonyksie (locative singular)
sardonyksach (locative plural)
sardonyksie (singular vocative)
sardonyksy (plural vocative)


brylancik

brylancik (nominative singular)
brylanciki (nominative plural)
brylancika (genitive singular)
brylancików (genitive plural)
brylancikowi (dative singular)
brylancikom (dative plural)
brylancika (accusative singular)
brylanciki (accusative plural)
brylancikiem (instrumental singular)
brylancikami (instrumental plural)
brylanciku (locative singular)
brylancikach (locative plural)
brylanciku (singular vocative)
brylanciki (plural vocative)

brilliant (any bird of the genus Heliodoxa)


maciczka

pl-noun

maciczka f (related adjective maciczkowy)

(Central Greater Poland) Synonym of macica perłowa