recydywa

Polish

Etymology

From Latin recidīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛ.t͡sɨˈdɨ.va/

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• Rhymes: -ɨva
• Syllabification: re‧cy‧dy‧wa

Noun

recydywa f

1. (law) reoffending, recidivism (committing new offenses after being punished for a crime)
2. (medicine) relapse, reoccurrence
3. (colloquial) a group of recidivists or lags
4. recidivism (returning to a negative behavior after having stopped it for a period of time)

Declension

Declension of recydywa

	singular
nominative	recydywa
genitive	recydywy
dative	recydywie
accusative	recydywę
instrumental	recydywą
locative	recydywie
vocative	recydywo

Derived terms

nouns

• recydywista
• recydywistka

 

verb

• recydywować

 

Further reading

• recydywa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• recydywa in Polish dictionaries at PWN