Biecz

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Polish Biecz.

Proper noun

Biecz

  1. A town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
  2. A town in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland.

Translations

Polish

Etymology

Contraction of earlier *Biejecz, from a personal name Biejek + Proto-Slavic *-jь.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjɛt͡ʂ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡ʂ
  • Syllabification: Biecz

Proper noun

Biecz m inan

  1. Biecz (a town in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
  2. Biecz (a village in the Gmina of Brody, Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective

References

  1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1996), “Biecz”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 163

Further reading

  • Biecz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Biecz in PWN's encyclopedia