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Polish
Etymology
From łoże + -ysko.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɘskɔ
- Syllabification: ło‧żys‧ko
Noun
łożysko n
- bearing, mechanical device that lowers friction
- placenta
- bed of a river or canal
- (Far Masovian) base of boards or branches under a stack of hay placed around a vertical pole
- Coordinate term: szczeczor
Declension
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Further reading
- łożysko in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- łożysko in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Waga (1860) “szczeczor”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 758