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zjazd.

descent, rappel, downhill (act or result of riding downward)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈzjast//zjɒst/Middle, Polish
  1. descent, rappel, downhill (act or result of riding downward)

    inanimate · masculine
  2. descent, rappel, downhill (that which one rides downhill)

    inanimate · masculine
  3. convention, congress, reunion (gathering of people in one place)

    inanimate · masculine
  4. convention, congress, reunion (deliberations held by such a gathering of people)

    inanimate · masculine
  5. convention, congress, reunion (people gathered for such a meeting)

    inanimate · masculine
  6. exit ramp, off-ramp (segment of roadway that directs vehicular traffic from a freeway onto local roads) [with z (+ genitive) ‘from what’] [with do (+ genitive) ‘to what’]

    inanimate · masculine
  7. downhill competition (competition in which the aim to reach the bottom of a slope in a set amount of time e.g. on skiis or a mountain bike, etc.)

    inanimate · masculine
  8. drop, fall (decrease in stock value)

    colloquial · inanimate · masculine
  9. crash; comedown (bad feeling after the high of a drug)

    colloquial · inanimate · masculine
  10. drive-off (act of ending a vehicle's route to find a permanent stop or rest place)

    inanimate · masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź Proto-Slavic *jьz Proto-Slavic *jьz- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Balto-Slavic *san? Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm? Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) Old Polish z- Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *jā́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *jěti Proto-Slavic *jěxati Proto-Slavic *-da Proto-Slavic *jědda Proto-Slavic *ězda Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *ězditi Old Polish jeździć Old Polish zjeździć Polish zjeździćdeverb. Polish zjazd Deverbal from zjeździć. First attested in the 16th century. Compare Kashubian zjôzd, Silesian sjŏzd, and Russian съезд (sʺjezd).

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