strych

• IPA^(key): /ˈstrɘx/

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• Rhymes: -ɘx
• Syllabification: strych

Inherited from Old Polish strych, from Middle High German esterîch, esterich, estrich, from Medieval Latin astracus, astricus, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon).

strych m inan (diminutive stryszek)

1. attic

   Synonym: poddasze

• (obsolete) strycha

Inherited from Old Polish strych, from Middle High German strich, from Old High German strih, from Proto-West Germanic *striki, from Proto-Germanic *strikiz, from Proto-Indo-European *strig-ís, from the root *streyg- (“to stroke”).

strych m inan

1. (obsolete) line, streak

   Synonyms: kreska, linia

2. (obsolete) strickle, strike (instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain)

   Synonym: strychulec

3. (obsolete) strickling

   Synonym: strychowanie

4. (obsolete) course, direction

   Synonyms: ciąg, kierunek

5. (obsolete) manner, method, way

   Synonym: sposób

• (sense 2) strycha

From stryj +‎ -ch.^[1]

strych m pers

1. (archaic) old man

   Synonym: starzec

• strych in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• strych in Polish dictionaries at PWN