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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish zołza, from Proto-Slavic *želza, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰelǵʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɔw.za/
- Rhymes: -ɔwza
- Syllabification: zoł‧za
Noun
zołza f
- (colloquial, derogatory) harpy, shrew (shrewish woman)
- Synonyms: jędza, megiera, sekutnica
- (dated, pathology) scrofula
- Synonyms: skrofuloza, (archaic) skrofuły
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- zołza in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zołza in Polish dictionaries at PWN