wiech

See also: Wiech and Więch

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvjɛx/

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• Rhymes: -ɛx
• Syllabification: wiech
• Homophone: Wiech

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Russian вех (vex).

Noun

wiech m inan

1. (countable, archaic, colloquial) cowbane, northern water hemlock (Cicuta virosa)

   Synonyms: cykuta, szalej, szalej jadowity, wioch

Declension

Declension of wiech

	singular	plural
nominative	wiech	wiechy
genitive	wiechu	wiechów
dative	wiechowi	wiechom
accusative	wiech	wiechy
instrumental	wiechem	wiechami
locative	wiechu	wiechach
vocative	wiechu	wiechy

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

wiech m inan

1. (countable, obsolete) a bundle of straw or hay

   Synonyms: wiecha, wiecheć

Declension

Declension of wiech

	singular	plural
nominative	wiech	wiechy
genitive	wiechu	wiechów
dative	wiechowi	wiechom
accusative	wiech	wiechy
instrumental	wiechem	wiechami
locative	wiechu	wiechach
vocative	wiechu	wiechy

Etymology 3

Named after Polish writer and journalist Stefan Wiechecki.

Noun

wiech m inan

1. (uncountable) wiech (Warsaw dialect of the Polish language based on the works of Stefan Wiechecki)

Declension

Declension of wiech

	singular
nominative	wiech
genitive	wiechu
dative	wiechowi
accusative	wiech
instrumental	wiechem
locative	wiechu
vocative	wiechu

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wiech f

1. genitive plural of wiecha

Further reading

• wiech in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wyżycki, Józef Gerald (1845) Zielnik ekonomiczno-techniczny, czyli opisanie drzew, krzewów i roślin dziko rosnạcych w kraju, jako też przyswojonych, z pokazaniem użytku ich w ekonomice, rẹkodziełach, fabrykach i medycynie domowéj, z wyszczególnieniem jadowitych i szkodliwych, oraz mogących służyć ku ozdobie ogrodów i mieszkań wiejskich‎^[1], volume 2, page 80