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rzep

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rzep sense 1
rzep sense 2

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛp
  • Syllabification: rzep

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *rěpъ, *rěpьjь.

Noun

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rzep m animal or m inan (related adjective rzepowy)

  1. (botany) bur, burr, sticker (rough, prickly husk around the seeds or fruit of some plants that clings to animals and clothes)
    Synonyms: czep, dziad
  2. hook-and-loop fastener, Velcro (fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart)
    Hypernym: zapięcie
  3. (Central Greater Poland) Synonym of rzepak
Declension
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or

Derived terms
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adverbs
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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rzep f

  1. genitive plural of rzepa

Further reading

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  • rzep in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • rzep in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “rzep”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 23