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przerwa

//ˈpʂɛ.rva/ | /ˈpr̝ɛ.rva/ | /ˈpʂɛ.rva//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    break, interruption, pause (temporary stop of an action) [with na (+ accusative) ‘for what’]
  2. 2.
    break; recess; intermission (time designated for rest after an activity, e.g. between lessons, acts of a play, at work) [with w (+ locative) ‘in/from what activity’]
  3. 3.
    gap (place not filled by something) [with w (+ locative) ‘in/from what’]
  4. 4.
    hole in a pond drain
  5. 5.
    breach in a dyke or pond
  6. 6.
    basin separated in a sea bay where fish were caught and preserved with salt
  7. 7.
    abyss
  8. 8.
    obsoletecreeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)
  9. 9.
    obsoleteinterstitium (interstitial space within a tissue or organ)
  10. 10.
    obsoletecurrent that a river has carved out through a tussock or a sandy island
  11. 11.
    obsoletefault
  12. 12.
    obsoletescotoma
  13. 13.
    obsoletetrench (simple entrenchment or excavation as a fortification made in order to slowly defend remaining ground)

Synonyms & related words

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish przerwa. By surface analysis, deverbal from przerwać.

Nominative
Singular
przerwa
Plural
przerwy
Genitive
Singular
przerwy
Plural
przerw
Dative
Singular
przerwie
Plural
przerwom
Accusative
Singular
przerwę
Plural
przerwy
Instrumental
Singular
przerwą
Plural
przerwami
Locative
Singular
przerwie
Plural
przerwach
Vocative
Singular
przerwo
Plural
przerwy

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