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Polish
Etymology
From krzyż + -ak.
Pronunciation
Noun
krzyżak m pers
- (obsolete) gravedigger
- Synonyms: grabarz, kopidół
- (Central Greater Poland) cross bearer
Declension
Noun
krzyżak m animal
- cross spider, European garden spider
- Synonym: pająk krzyżak
Declension
Noun
krzyżak m inan
- cross-shaped object
- (video games) D-pad
- cross brace, crosspiece
- trestle
- (furniture, synecdochically) trestle table
- (Near Masovian) strap on reins that runs from one horse to another
- Phillips screwdriver
- Synonym: śrubokręt krzyżakowy
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- krzyżak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- krzyżak in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “krzyżak”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “krzyżak”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19