czyściec
See also: czyścieć
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Czech čistec, itself a calque of Latin purgatorium.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʂɨɕ.t͡ɕɛt͡s/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɨɕt͡ɕɛt͡s
- Syllabification: czyś‧ciec
Noun edit
czyściec m inan
- (Christianity) Purgatory
- Synonym: purgatorium
- (figuratively) purgatory (any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption)
- any plant of the genus Stachys
- (Bukovina) grande wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)
- Synonym: piołun
Declension edit
Declension of czyściec