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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstrɘx/
- Rhymes: -ɘx
- Syllabification: strych
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Polish strych, from Middle High German esterîch, esterich, estrich, from Medieval Latin astracus, astricus, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon).
Noun
strych m inan (diminutive stryszek)
- attic
- Synonym: poddasze
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Inherited from Old Polish strych, from Middle High German strich, from Old High German strih, from Proto-West Germanic *striki, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strig-ís, from the root *streyg- (“to stroke”).
Noun
strych m inan
- (obsolete) line, streak
- Synonyms: kreska, linia
- (obsolete) strickle, strike (instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain)
- Synonym: strychulec
- (obsolete) strickling
- Synonym: strychowanie
- (obsolete) course, direction
- Synonyms: ciąg, kierunek
- (obsolete) manner, method, way
- Synonym: sposób
Declension
Etymology 3
From stryj + -ch.[1]
Noun
strych m pers
- (archaic) old man
- Synonym: starzec
Declension
References
- ^ Stankiewicz, Edward (1986) The Slavic Languages: Unity in Diversity, page 261
Further reading
- strych in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- strych in Polish dictionaries at PWN