zwrot

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź

Proto-Slavic *jьz

Proto-Slavic *jьz-

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Balto-Slavic *san?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm?

Proto-Slavic *sъ(n)

Old Polish z-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *wortéyeti

Proto-Balto-Slavic *wártīˀtei

Proto-Slavic *vōrtìti

Old Polish wrócić

Old Polish zwrócić

Polish zwrócićdeverb.

Polish zwrot

Deverbal from zwrócić.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzvrɔt/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt
• Syllabification: zwrot

Noun

zwrot m inan

1. turn (change of direction or orientation)
2. (semantics) turn of phrase, expression (particular way of phrasing an idea)
3. return, repayment, refund
4. turning point, breakthrough, watershed
5. (physics) sense (of a vector)
6. (linguistics) (verb-noun) compound

Declension

Declension of zwrot

	singular	plural
nominative	zwrot	zwroty
genitive	zwrotu	zwrotów
dative	zwrotowi	zwrotom
accusative	zwrot	zwroty
instrumental	zwrotem	zwrotami
locative	zwrocie	zwrotach
vocative	zwrocie	zwroty

Derived terms

nouns

• zwrot grzecznościowy
• zwrot honorowy

adjectives

• bezzwrotny
• zwrotny

adverb

• bezzwrotnie

Further reading

• “zwrot”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “zwrot”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)