orczyk

Polish

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Alternative forms

• ôrcyk (Kielce)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish orczyk. Compare German Ortscheit, Upper Sorbian worćik.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔr.t͡ʂɘk/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈɔr.t͡ʂɘk]

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• Rhymes: -ɔrt͡ʂɘk
• Syllabification: or‧czyk

Noun

orczyk m inan

1. (informal, skiing) draglift, T-bar (ski lift)
2. (agriculture) swingletree, whiffletree, whippletree
3. (aviation) rudder-bar
4. (gymnastics) trapeze
5. (Przemyśl) harness cord attachment place (part of a wagon doubletree on which harness cords are placed)

Declension

Declension of orczyk

	singular	plural
nominative	orczyk	orczyki
genitive	orczyka	orczyków
dative	orczykowi	orczykom
accusative	orczyk	orczyki
instrumental	orczykiem	orczykami
locative	orczyku	orczykach
vocative	orczyku	orczyki

Derived terms

adjective

• orczykowy

Related terms

noun

• orczyca

Descendants

• → Belarusian: во́рчык (vórčyk)
• → Ukrainian: о́рчик (órčyk)

Further reading

• orczyk in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “orczyk”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 338