stępa

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stępa

Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stǫpa.

Noun

stępa f

  1. (historical) crank stock (vessel used to crush and grind; a kind of mortar)
  2. (Malbork) tall, standing log of wood with a deeply carved hole into which wheat or barley is poured and the husks of the grains are beaten with a blunt force
    Coordinate term: pyszka
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

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Noun

stępa f

  1. type of beartrap (trap used to catch a bear)
  2. (obsolete) Alternative form of stęp; walk (horse gait)
Declension

Etymology 3

From stęp +‎ -a.

Adverb

stępa (not comparable)

  1. (equestrianism, of a horse) walking (slowly and so that three limbs simultaneously touch the ground while the fourth is lifted)
adjective

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

stępa m inan

  1. genitive singular of stęp

Further reading

  • stępa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • stępa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “stępa”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 747