szczyt
Old Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščitъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
szczyt m ?
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Polish szczyt, from Proto-Slavic *ščitъ (“shield”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *skeitum, *skoitum, from Proto-Indo-European *skey-to-m, from *skey- (“to cut, separate”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
szczyt m inan
- peak (mountain top)
- summit (meeting)
- gable
- peak (highest or best moment)
- Synonym: apogeum
- (phonetics) retention-stage, stop-stage (phase when the organs of speech remain in the correct position for a given vowel)
- Synonym: postawa
- (archaic) shield
Declension edit
Declension of szczyt
Derived terms edit
noun