podciąg

Polish

Etymology

Deverbal from podciągać. First attested in 1588.[1]

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔt.t͡ɕɔŋk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtt͡ɕɔŋk
  • Syllabification: pod‧ciąg

Noun

podciąg m inan

  1. (nautical) clewline, buntline
    Synonym: gording
  2. (architecture) joist; main beam (longitudinal iron, reinforced concrete, or wooden ceiling beam on which cross beams rest)
    1. (Kuyavia, Northern Greater Poland, Pałuki, Podlachia, Tykocin, Suwałki, Augustów Governorate, Łowicz, Domaniewice, Kielce, Opatów County, Eastern Lublin, Turobin, Żółkiew, architecture) support (cross beam supporting other beams)
      Synonym: pociąg

Declension

References

  1. ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “podciąg”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]

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