zapad

See also: západ

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish zapad, from Proto-Slavic *zapadъ, from *zapadati. Cognates include Kashubian zôpôd, Slovak západ, Czech západ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈza.pat/

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• Rhymes: -apat
• Syllabification: za‧pad

Noun

zapad m inan

1. (dated) cave-in, hollow

   Synonyms: zapadlisko, wądół

2. (dated) the process of falling, collapsing

   Synonym: zapadanie

3. (dated, regional) set, sunset

   Synonym: zachód

   Antonyms: wschód, wychód

4. (dated, regional) west

   Synonym: zachód

   Antonyms: wschód, wychód

Declension

Declension of zapad

	singular	plural
nominative	zapad	zapady
genitive	zapadu	zapadów
dative	zapadowi	zapadom
accusative	zapad	zapady
instrumental	zapadem	zapadami
locative	zapadzie	zapadach
vocative	zapadzie	zapady

Derived terms

adjective

• zapadni

Related terms

verb

• zapadać

Further reading

• zapad in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zapadъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zâːpad/
• Hyphenation: za‧pad

Noun

zȃpad m (Cyrillic spelling за̑пад) (uncountable)

1. west

   Synonym: zahod

   Antonym: ìstok

2. sunset

   Synonym: zàlazak

   Synonym: zahod

3. west wind

   Synonym: zȃpadnjāk

Declension

Declension of zapad

	singular
nominative	zapad
genitive	zapada
dative	zapadu
accusative	zapad
vocative	zapade
locative	zapadu
instrumental	zapadom

Derived terms

• Zȃpad
• zȃpadnī
• zȃpadno
• zȃpadnjāk

Related terms

• zàpasti

Further reading

• “zapad”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Spanish

Verb

zapad

1. second-person plural imperative of zapar