snoza

See also: Snoza, snozą, and Snozą

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish snoza, from Proto-Slavic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔ.za/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): /ˈsnɔ.za/

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• Rhymes: -ɔza
• Syllabification: sno‧za
• Homophone: Snoza

Noun

snoza f (diminutive (dialectal) snózka)

1. (beekeeping) skewer

   Hypernyms: deseczka, listewka

2. (regional) skey, yoke-pin

   Hypernym: zatyczka

3. (Eastern Kraków) connector strip (wooden strip used to join the bars in a tool)

Declension

Declension of snoza

	singular	plural
nominative	snoza	snozy
genitive	snozy	snoz
dative	snozie	snozom
accusative	snozę	snozy
instrumental	snozą	snozami
locative	snozie	snozach
vocative	snozo	snozy

Related terms

nouns

• nóż

 

verbs

• nizać impf

 

Further reading

• snoza in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Błażej Pawłowicz (1892) “snoza”, in “Wyrazy gwarowe z okolic Tarnowa”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 309