Blajwas/blejwas - an enigmatic healing plant Cover Image

Blajwas/blejwas - zagadkowa roślina lecznicza
Blajwas/blejwas - an enigmatic healing plant

Author(s): Jadwiga Waniakowa
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego
Keywords: lexicography; plant names

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the origin of Pol. dial. blajwas // blejwas as a name of a healing plant. The author tries to indentify the plant denoted by this name, also known as dzika cykoria. After analysing numerous possibilities, having taken into consideration historical-linguistic and comparative as well as botanical arguments, she arrives at the conclusion that Pol. dial. blajwas // blejwas refers to 'common chicory, Cichorium intybus L.'.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 41-44
  • Page Count: 4
  • Language: Polish