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kotwica.

anchor (tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɔˈtfi.t͡sa//kɔtˈfi.t͡sa/[kɔˈtfi.t͡sa]Łowicz
  1. anchor (tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement)

    feminine
    podnieść kotwicę
    opuścić kotwicę, rzucić kotwicę
  2. anchor escapement (metal arch with curved ends that keeps the clock mechanism in uniform motion)

    feminine
  3. anchor (moving part of the magnetic circuit of the relay used to control the contacts)

    feminine
  4. St. John's wort, goatweed (any plant of the genus Hypericum)

    feminine · rare
  5. straw brick (bundle of straw covered with kneaded clay used to make channels from stove to the roof where a brick chimney already exists replacing bricks)

    feminine · Łowicz
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *koty Old Polish kotew Polish kotew Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kas Proto-Slavic *-ica Old Polish -ica Polish -ica Polish kotwica From kotew + -ica.

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