nożyce
See also: nožyce and Nożyce
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nožici, from *nòžь.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔˈʐɘ.t͡sɛ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɘt͡sɛ
- Syllabification: no‧ży‧ce
- Homophone: Nożyce
Noun
nożyce nvir pl (diminutive nożyczki)
- scissors (tool used for cutting)
- Synonym: nożyczki
- shears, snips (tool consisting of two blades with bevel edges)
- hydraulic shears
- (economics, literary) price scissors
- Synonym: rozpiętość
- (gymnastics) scissors (exercise in which the legs are switched back and forth, suggesting the motion of scissors)
- scissors (hand with the index and middle fingers open in the game of rock paper scissors)
Declension
Declension of nożyce
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | nożyce |
| genitive | nożyc |
| dative | nożycom |
| accusative | nożyce |
| instrumental | nożycami |
| locative | nożycach |
| vocative | nożyce |
Derived terms
adjectives
- nożycowaty
- nożycowy
verbs
- nożycować impf
Related terms
adverb
- nożycowo