wiecha
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish wiecha, from Proto-Slavic *věxa.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛxa
- Syllabification: wie‧cha
- Homophone: Wiecha
Noun
wiecha f
- bundle of straw, flowers, or branches
- bundle of branches, a wreath, or a small tree suspended at the top of a scaffold or building during construction
- (botany) panicle
- (hunting) tail of a wolf
Declension
Declension of wiecha
Further reading
- wiecha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wiecha in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Władysław Siarkowski (1891) “wiecha”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludowej z okolic Pińczowa”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, page 339