czyściec
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See also: czyścieć
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Czech čistec, itself a calque of Latin purgatorium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂɘɕ.t͡ɕɛt͡s/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɘɕt͡ɕɛt͡s
- Syllabification: czyś‧ciec
Noun
czyściec m inan
- (Christianity) Purgatory
- Synonym: purgatorium
- (figuratively) purgatory (any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption)
- any plant of the genus Stachys
- (Bukovina) grande wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)
- Synonym: piołun
Declension
Declension of czyściec