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Polish
Etymology
From s- + poczynać + -ek, modeled on odpoczynek.
Pronunciation
Noun
spoczynek m inan
- (literary) repose (rest after work)
- Synonyms: odpoczynek, wypoczynek
- sleep (state of reduced consciousness)
- Synonym: sen
- (literary) eternal rest (the fact of burying someone's body in a particular place)
- Synonym: wieczny odpoczynek
- (biology, entomology, ichthyology) diapause (temporary pause in the growth and development of an organism)
- Synonym: diapauza
- (botany) dormancy (period of interruption of plant vegetation due to unfavorable environmental conditions)
- (physics) rest (absence of motion)
- Synonym: bezruch
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Further reading
- spoczynek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- spoczynek in Polish dictionaries at PWN