nastawa

See also: nastawą

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from nastawić.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈsta.va/

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• Rhymes: -ava
• Syllabification: na‧sta‧wa

Noun

nastawa f

1. (architecture) retable, reredos (area in a church behind the altar)
2. (phonetics) onglide (phase while the articulators are moving into position to produce a new speech sound)

   Synonyms: następ, wstęp

3. setting (pre-defined level on a dial or control)

Declension

Declension of nastawa

	singular	plural
nominative	nastawa	nastawy
genitive	nastawy	nastaw
dative	nastawie	nastawom
accusative	nastawę	nastawy
instrumental	nastawą	nastawami
locative	nastawie	nastawach
vocative	nastawo	nastawy

Related terms

noun

• nastawienie

 

verbs

• nastawiać
• nastawić

 

Verb

nastawa

1. (archaic) third-person singular present of nastawać

Further reading

• nastawa in Polish dictionaries at PWN