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mushroom

Source:*gribъProto-Slaviccertain

Polish grzyb shows rz from r before the front vowel.

English

mushroom

Polish

grzyb
ɡʐɨp
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  • Russian
    грибgrib
    ɡrʲipinherited
  • Ukrainian
    грибhryb
    ɦrɪbinherited
  • Polish
    grzyb
    ɡʐɨpinherited
  • Czech
    houba
    ˈɦou̯badifferent word · Proto-Slavic *gǫba 'fungus, sponge'

    Also 'sponge'; Polish gąbka 'sponge' is its cognate.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    gljivaгљива
    ˈɡʎivadifferent word · South Slavic, of uncertain origin
  • English
    mushroom

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