sztuciec

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stutze, Stutz, Stutzen m meaning a “support” and also “stub” and thus a sawed-off weapon (today only the stub and weapon sense is a masculine Stutz, Stutzen m while the support sense is a feminine Stütze f). For the semantic development compare German Besteck which also meant a sheath where cutlery is kept and now means cutlery itself; on the other hand a German Stütze could mean a support strut and thus also a fork.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʂtu.t͡ɕɛt͡s/
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  • Rhymes: -ut͡ɕɛt͡s
  • Syllabification: sztu‧ciec

Noun

sztuciec m inan

  1. (archaic) any sheath where certain tools are kept at hand
    Synonyms: pokrowiec, puzdro, pochwa, torebka
    sztuciec cyrulicki ― sheath of a barber-surgeon
  2. (chiefly archaic) sawed-off shotgun
  3. piece of silverware, an individuum of cutlery, instrument used to take in food; in the plural silverware, cutlery

Declension
Declension of sztuciec
singular plural
nominative sztuciec sztućce
genitive sztućca sztućców
dative sztućcowi sztućcom
accusative sztuciec sztućce
instrumental sztućcem sztućcami
locative sztućcu sztućcach
vocative sztućcu sztućce

Further reading
  • sztuciec in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sztuciec in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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