skrzętny

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Polish

Etymology

From s- +‎ krzątać się +‎ -ny.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈskʂɛnt.nɘ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛntnɘ
  • Syllabification: skrzęt‧ny

Adjective

skrzętny (comparative skrzętniejszy, superlative najskrzętniejszy, derived adverb skrzętnie)

  1. industrious, diligent
  2. thrifty, frugal

Declension

Derived terms

noun

References

  1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “skrzętny”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna

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