struś

See also: strus, Strus, Struś, strüś, and st.rus.

Polish

struś

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German strūs, from Late Latin strūthiō, from Ancient Greek στρουθίων (strouthíōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /struɕ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uɕ
• Syllabification: struś
• Homophone: Struś

Noun

struś m animal (female equivalent strusica, related adjective strusi)

1. ostrich (any ratite of the order Struthioniformes)

Declension

Declension of struś

	singular	plural
nominative	struś	strusie
genitive	strusia	strusi/strusiów
dative	strusiowi	strusiom
accusative	strusia	strusie
instrumental	strusiem	strusiami
locative	strusiu	strusiach
vocative	strusiu	strusie

Derived terms

adjective

• strusiowaty

 

nouns

• strusiarnia
• strusiątko
• strusiec
• strusię
• strusina

 

Further reading

• struś in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• struś in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• strusie in PWN's encyclopedia