odrost

Polish

odrosty sense 4

odrosty sense 7

Etymology

Deverbal from odróść.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔd.rɔst/

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• Rhymes: -ɔdrɔst
• Syllabification: od‧rost

Noun

odrost m inan (diminutive odrostek, related adjective odrostowy)

1. (uncountable) regrowth (process of reaching the previous length or height due to growth)
2. (countable) regrowth (that which has been regrown after removal)
3. (uncountable) process of growth of plant mass after cutting or mowing green plants
5. (countable, chiefly in the plural, botany) basal shoot, root sprout, adventitious shoot, sucker (shoot that grows from an adventitious bud on the base of a tree or shrub, or from an adventitious bud on its roots)

   Synonyms: odrośl, odrośle

   Hypernym: pęd

6. (uncountable, ichthyology) process of growth and maturation of fish
7. (countable, hunting) branching of more than 2 cm in the antlers of deer, fallow deer, and bucks

   Hypernym: odgałęzienie

9. (countable, chiefly in the plural) roots (part of the hair near the scalp, grown out after coloring or perming, and thus distinguished from the lower parts of the hair by its color or texture)

Declension

Declension of odrost

	singular	plural
nominative	odrost	odrosty
genitive	odrostu	odrostów
dative	odrostowi	odrostom
accusative	odrost	odrosty
instrumental	odrostem	odrostami
locative	odroście	odrostach
vocative	odroście	odrosty

Related terms

adverbs

• odrostowo

 

verbs

• odrastać impf
• odrosnąć pf
• odróść pf

 

Further reading

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