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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish przecznica, przesznica. By surface analysis, przeko + -nica.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -it͡sa
- Syllabification: prze‧czni‧ca
Noun
przecznica f (diminutive przeczniczka)
- turn-off, cut-through, block, turning, intersection, junction (street perpendicular to the main thoroughfare or other street)
- (mining) extensive excavation drilled horizontally in the rock across the layers
- Hypernym: wyrobisko
- (obsolete) crosspiece (horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something)
- Synonym: poprzeczka
- (Middle Polish) argument, contention, dispute, quarrel
- Synonyms: spór, swar, (archaic) zwada
Declension
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Further reading
- przecznica in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- przecznica in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “przecznica”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]