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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъvojь.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uj
- Syllabification: zwój
Noun
zwój m inan (diminutive zwitek)
- scroll
- Synonyms: woluta, zwit
- roll
- Synonyms: rolka, rulon, wałek
- coil
- Synonyms: cewka, wężownica, zwitka, zwojnica
- reel
- Synonyms: kołowrotek, motek, szpula
- (anatomy) ganglion
- zwój trójdzielny ― trigeminal ganglion
- (Western Greater Poland) well crane (crane for pulling water from a well)
- Hypernym: żuraw
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Further reading
- zwój in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zwój in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “zwój”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 29