zawał

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See also: zawal, and Zawal

Polish

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Etymology

Deverbal from zawalić się, in the medical sense a calque of Latin īnfartus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈza.vaw/
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  • Rhymes: -avaw
  • Syllabification: za‧wał

Noun

zawał m inan

  1. (pathology) infarct, often heart attack
    Hyponym: zawał serca
  2. (mining) collapse, structural failure (of a mining cave)

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Further reading

  • zawał in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • zawał in Polish dictionaries at PWN