sztuciec

Polish

sztućce

Etymology

Borrowed from German Stutze, Stutz, Stutzen, from Middle High German stutz, stutze meaning a “support” and also “stub”, and thus a “sawed-off weapon” (today only the “stub” and “weapon” sense is a masculine Stutz, Stutzen while the “support” sense is a feminine Stütze f). For the semantic development, compare German Besteck, which also meant a “sheath where cutlery is kept” and now means “cutlery” itself; on the other hand, German Stütze could mean a “support strut” and thus also a “fork”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂtu.t͡ɕɛt͡s/

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• Rhymes: -ut͡ɕɛt͡s
• Syllabification: sztu‧ciec

Noun

sztuciec m inan

1. (archaic) any sheath where certain tools are kept at hand

   Synonyms: pochwa, pokrowiec, puzdro, torebka

   sztuciec cyrulicki ― sheath of a barber-surgeon

2. (chiefly archaic, firearms) sawed-off shotgun
3. piece of silverware (individuum of cutlery; instrument used to take in food)
4. (in the plural) cutlery, silverware

Declension

Declension of sztuciec

	singular	plural
nominative	sztuciec	sztućce
genitive	sztućca	sztućców
dative	sztućcowi	sztućcom
accusative	sztuciec	sztućce
instrumental	sztućcem	sztućcami
locative	sztućcu	sztućcach
vocative	sztućcu	sztućce

Further reading

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