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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish strzyż, strzeż, from Proto-Slavic *strižь, *strěžь. Cognates include Lower Sorbian stśěž, Slovak striežik, Russian стриж (striž), Slovene strižec, Serbo-Croatian strež, Latin strix and Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstʂɘ.ʐɘk/
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  • Rhymes: -ɘʐɘk
  • Syllabification: strzy‧żyk

Noun

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strzyżyk m animal

  1. any wren belonging to Troglodytes, Cistothorus, Ferminia, Thryorchilus, Thryothorus, or Thryomanes
    strzyżyk woleoczkoEurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
  2. (in the plural) Troglodytidae

Declension

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Further reading

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