strętwa

See also: strętwą

Polish

strętwa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstrɛn.tfa/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /ˈstrɛ̃.tfa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛntfa
  • Syllabification: stręt‧wa

Etymology 1

Probably created artificially and based on drętwa (“numbness; electric ray”). First attested in the 19th century.[1]

Noun

strętwa f

  1. electric eel (Electrophorus electricus)
    Synonyms: (obsolete) trzęsawiec, węgorz elektryczny
  2. electric eel (any fish of the species Electrophorus electricus)
    Synonyms: węgorz elektryczny, (obsolete) trzęsawiec
Declension
Derived terms
adjectives
  • strętwowaty
nouns
  • strętwowate

Etymology 2

Deverbal from strętwieć. First attested in 1613.[2]

Noun

strętwa f

  1. (Middle Polish, medicine) numbness (absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation)
Declension

References

  1. Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “strętwa”, in Słownik języka polskiego‎
  2. “STRĘTWA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], (Can we date this quote?)

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