sztacheta

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stakete, Staket, from Middle French estakette, estachette, from Old French estache (“pole, stake”), a Germanic borrowing equalling German Staken, English stake from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“pole, stick, stake”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“pole, stick, stake”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʂtaˈxɛ.ta/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛta
  • Syllabification: szta‧che‧ta

Noun

sztacheta f

  1. pale, picket (wooden stake driven into the ground forming part of a fence)

Declension
Declension of sztacheta
singular plural
nominative sztacheta sztachety
genitive sztachety sztachet
dative sztachecie sztachetom
accusative sztachetę sztachety
instrumental sztachetą sztachetami
locative sztachecie sztachetach
vocative sztacheto sztachety

Derived terms
  • sztacheciarz
  • sztachetowy

Descendants
  • → Ukrainian: штахе́ти (štaxéty), штахе́т (štaxét)

Further reading
  • sztacheta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sztacheta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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