strych

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɘx/

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• Rhymes: -ɘx
• Syllabification: strych

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish strych, from Middle High German esterîch, esterich, estrich, from Medieval Latin astracus, astricus, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon).

Noun

strych m inan (diminutive stryszek)

1. attic

   Synonym: poddasze

Declension

Declension of strych

	singular	plural
nominative	strych	strychy
genitive	strychu	strychów
dative	strychowi	strychom
accusative	strych	strychy
instrumental	strychem	strychami
locative	strychu	strychach
vocative	strychu	strychy

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) strycha

Derived terms

adjective

• strychowy

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Polish strych, from Middle High German strich, from Old High German strih, from Proto-West Germanic *striki, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strig-ís, from the root *streyg- (“to stroke”).

Noun

strych m inan

1. (obsolete) line, streak

   Synonyms: kreska, linia

2. (obsolete) strickle, strike (instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain)

   Synonym: strychulec

3. (obsolete) strickling

   Synonym: strychowanie

4. (obsolete) course, direction

   Synonyms: ciąg, kierunek

5. (obsolete) manner, method, way

   Synonym: sposób

Declension

Declension of strych

	singular	plural
nominative	strych	strychy
genitive	strycha	strychów
dative	strychowi	strychom
accusative	strych	strychy
instrumental	strychem	strychami
locative	strychu	strychach
vocative	strychu	strychy

Alternative forms

• (sense 2) strycha

Related terms

adjective

• strychowny

nouns

• strycha
• strychulec

verbs

• strychować impf
• wystrychnąć pf

Etymology 3

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *stru-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *struyós

Proto-Balto-Slavic *strujas

Proto-Slavic *strъjь

Polish stryj

Proto-Slavic *-xъ

Old Polish -ch

Polish -ch

Polish strych

From stryj + -ch.

Noun

strych m pers

1. (archaic) old man

   Synonym: starzec

Declension

Declension of strych

	singular	plural
nominative	strych	strychowie, strychy1
genitive	strycha	strychów
dative	strychowi	strychom
accusative	strycha	strychów
instrumental	strychem	strychami
locative	strychu	strychach
vocative	strychu	strychowie

¹Deprecative.

Further reading

• “strych”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “strych”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)