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piwniczka

//pivˈɲit͡ʂ.ka//
Polishnoun

Grammatical form

piwniczka is the diminutive form of piwnica — “cellar, basement (enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter).

See the full entry for piwnica

Definitions of piwnica noun · /pivˈɲi.t͡sa/

Full entry for piwnica
  1. 1.cellar, basement (enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter)
  2. 2.basement establishment (catering or artistic establishment based in an underground room)
  3. 3.cellar (stock of liquor, especially wines, stored in an underground room)(archaic)

Etymology of piwnica

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pivьnica. By surface analysis, piwo + -nica.

Etymology

From piwnica + -ka.

Paradigm of piwnica, with piwniczka highlighted:

Nominative
Singular
piwnica
Plural
piwnice
Genitive
Singular
piwnicy
Plural
piwnic
Dative
Singular
piwnicy
Plural
piwnicom
Accusative
Singular
piwnicę
Plural
piwnice
Instrumental
Singular
piwnicą
Plural
piwnicami
Locative
Singular
piwnicy
Plural
piwnicach
Vocative
Singular
piwnico
Plural
piwnice

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