tercja
See also: tercją
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tertiā.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛr.t͡sja/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛrt͡sja
- Syllabification: ter‧cja
Noun
tercja f (related adjective tercjowy)
- (literary) third (one third of something)
- Synonym: trzecia
- (music) third (type of interval)
- (religion) terce (pray said at nine am)
- (ice hockey) period
- (fencing) third defensive position that protects one's side from being cut (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (printing) size of font set at 16-point(Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- (archaic) third, tierce (unit of time equal to one sixtieth of a second)
- (archaic, education) third grade
Declension
Declension of tercja
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tercja | tercje |
| genitive | tercji | tercji/tercyj (archaic) |
| dative | tercji | tercjom |
| accusative | tercję | tercje |
| instrumental | tercją | tercjami |
| locative | tercji | tercjach |
| vocative | tercjo | tercje |
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “tercja”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN