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wiecha

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See also: wiechą, Wiecha, Wiechą, and wiécha

Polish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish wiecha, from Proto-Slavic *věxa.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛxa
  • Syllabification: wie‧cha
  • Homophone: Wiecha

Noun

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wiecha f

  1. bundle of straw, flowers, or branches
  2. bundle of branches, a wreath, or a small tree suspended at the top of a scaffold or building during construction
  3. (botany) panicle
  4. (hunting) tail of a wolf

Declension

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Further reading

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  • wiecha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • wiecha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Siarkowski (1891) “wiecha”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludowej z okolic Pińczowa”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, page 339