tylec

See also: Tylec

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tylec. By surface analysis, tył +‎ -iec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɨ.lɛt͡s/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈtɨ.lɛt͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɨlɛt͡s
• Syllabification: ty‧lec
• Homophone: Tylec

Noun

tylec m inan

1. back of a knife

   Synonym: tałądź

2. (firearms) backplate, breech
3. (forestry) snag (stump or base of a branch)

   Coordinate terms: karpa, pniak

Declension

Declension of tylec

	singular	plural
nominative	tylec	tylce
genitive	tylca	tylców
dative	tylcowi	tylcom
accusative	tylec	tylce
instrumental	tylcem	tylcami
locative	tylcu	tylcach
vocative	tylcu	tylce

Derived terms

adverbs

• od tylca

 

nouns

• tylczak

 

Related terms

adjectives

• tylny

 

adverbs

• od tyłu

 

nouns

• tuk
• tułów
• tyłek

 

verbs

• tyć impf

 

Further reading

• tylec in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “tylec”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “tył”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna