orczyk

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish orczyk. Compare German Ortscheit, Upper Sorbian worćik.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈɔr.t͡ʂɘk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt͡ʂɘk
  • Syllabification: or‧czyk

Noun

orczyk m inan

  1. (informal, skiing) draglift, T-bar (ski lift)
  2. (agriculture) swingletree, whiffletree, whippletree
  3. (aviation) rudder-bar
  4. (gymnastics) trapeze
  5. (Przemyśl) harness cord attachment place (part of a wagon doubletree on which harness cords are placed)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • orczykowy
noun
  • orczyca

Descendants

  • Belarusian: во́рчык (vórčyk)
  • Ukrainian: о́рчик (órčyk)

Further reading

  • orczyk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Aleksander Saloni (1908) “orczyk”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 338