okap
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okap m inan
- gutter, rain gutter, eavestrough (trough under the eaves of a building for draining water from the roof)
- z deště pod okap. ― From the rain into the gutter; out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *o(b)kapъ, from Proto-Slavic *o(b)kapati.
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okap m inan
- (architecture) eaves
- (architecture) canopy
- Synonyms: (Middle Polish) abdach, (Middle Polish) poddaszek, (Middle Polish) przeddaszek
- (geology) overhang, cornice (horizontal fragment protruding from a rock face)
- Synonym: zwis
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Declension of okap