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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mьrtvica. By surface analysis, martwy + -ica.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Syllabification: mar‧twi‧ca
Noun
martwica f (related adjective martwicowy or martwiczy)
- (pathology) necrosis (localized death of cells or tissue)
- Synonym: nekroza
- (literary) decline, disappearance, slump, stagnation
- Synonyms: zanik, zastój
- (agriculture) infertile soil beneath the topsoil, usually compacted and devoid of microorganisms
- (geology, metallurgy) sinter (alluvial sediment)
Declension
Further reading
- martwica in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- martwica in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “martwica”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20