szczyt
Old Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ščitъ.
Noun
szczyt m
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish szczyt, from Proto-Slavic *ščitъ (“shield”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skeitum, *skoitum, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-to-m, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”).
Pronunciation
Noun
szczyt m inan
- peak (mountain top)
- summit (meeting)
- gable
- peak (highest or best moment)
- Synonym: apogeum
- (phonetics) retention-stage, stop-stage (phase when the organs of speech remain in the correct position for a given vowel)
- Synonym: postawa
- (archaic) shield
Declension
Declension of szczyt
Derived terms
noun
Further reading
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- Old Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic
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- Old Polish lemmas
- Old Polish nouns
- Old Polish masculine nouns
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *skey-
- Polish terms inherited from Old Polish
- Polish terms derived from Old Polish
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Polish terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
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