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Polish
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɕt͡ɕ
- Syllabification: maść
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mastь.
Noun
maść f
- ointment (viscous preparation, usually containing medication)
- coat colour (usually in reference to equids or cattle)
- Synonym: umaszczenie
- type, sort, ilk, stripe
- (Bukovina) lard (fat product)
- Synonym: smalec
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
maść
- second-person singular imperative of maścić
Further reading
- maść in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- maść in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “maść”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 113