postronek
Polish
Etymology
Etymology tree
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɔnɛk
- Syllabification: po‧stro‧nek
Noun
postronek m inan (diminutive postroneczek)
- (literary) tether, halter
- Synonym: powróz
- (obsolete, figurative) hanging, the rope (punishment of being sentenced to death by hanging)
- Synonym: stryczek
- (Kielce) synonym of sznur
Declension
Declension of postronek
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | postronek | postronki |
| genitive | postronka | postronków |
| dative | postronkowi | postronkom |
| accusative | postronek | postronki |
| instrumental | postronkiem | postronkami |
| locative | postronku | postronkach |
| vocative | postronku | postronki |
Derived terms
adjective
- postronkowy
Related terms
adjective
adverbs
- postronnie
- postronno
noun
- postronie
Further reading
- “postronek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “postronek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
- Jan Łoś (1886), “postronek”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 187