postronek

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó

Proto-Balto-Slavic *pa

Proto-Slavic *po

Proto-Slavic *po-

Old Polish po-

Polish po-

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Proto-Slavic *-nъ

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-āˀ

Proto-Slavic *-a

Proto-Slavic *stornà

Old Polish strona

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Latin genus verbīsl.

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English voicesl.

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German Diathesesl.

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English websitesl.

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English web pagesl.

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German Webseitesl.

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French pagesl.

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Russian ве́б-страни́ца (véb-straníca)sl.

Polish strona

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Slavic *-kъ

Proto-Slavic *-ъkъ

Old Polish -ek

Polish -ek

Polish postronek

From po- + strona + -ek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈstrɔ.nɛk/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): [pɔˈstrɔ.nɛk]

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• Rhymes: -ɔnɛk
• Syllabification: po‧stro‧nek

Noun

postronek m inan (diminutive postroneczek)

1. (literary) tether, halter

   Synonym: powróz

2. (obsolete, figurative) hanging, the rope (punishment of being sentenced to death by hanging)

   Synonym: stryczek

3. (Kielce) synonym of sznur

Declension

Declension of postronek

	singular	plural
nominative	postronek	postronki
genitive	postronka	postronków
dative	postronkowi	postronkom
accusative	postronek	postronki
instrumental	postronkiem	postronkami
locative	postronku	postronkach
vocative	postronku	postronki

Derived terms

adjective

• postronkowy

Related terms

adjective

• postronny

adverbs

• postronnie
• postronno

noun

• postronie

Further reading

• “postronek”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “postronek”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Jan Łoś (1886), “postronek”, in “Gwara opoczyńska. Studium dialektologiczne”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (1), volume 11, page 187