rzeź

See also: rzęź

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish rzeź, from Proto-Slavic *rě̑zъ.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈʐɛɕ/
  • (Middle Polish) IPA(key): (16th c.) /ˈr̝ɛɕ/, (17th–18th c.) /ˈʐɛɕ/, (16th c.) /ˈr̝eɕ/, (17th–18th c.) /ˈʐeɕ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛɕ
  • Syllabification: rzeź
  • Homophone: żeś

Noun

rzeź f

  2. (uncountable; dated or literary) slaughter (killing of animals) [with genitive ‘of what’]
    Synonym: ubój
    rzeź bydła ― slaughter of cattle
  4. (countable; informal) massacre (intentional mass killing) [with genitive ‘of who/what’ or na (+ locative) ‘on who/what’]
    Synonyms: masakra, pogrom, rzezanina
    Near-synonym: mord
    rzeź chrześcijan ― massacre of Christians
    rzeź na Polakach ― massacre on Poles
  6. (uncountable; figurative) debris (rubble, wreckage, scattered remains of something destroyed) [with na (+ locative) ‘on what’]
    Synonym: gruz
    rzeź na włosach ― debris on hair

Declension

Declension of rzeź
singular plural
nominative rzeź rzezie
genitive rzezi rzezi
dative rzezi rzeziom
accusative rzeź rzezie
instrumental rzezią rzeziami
locative rzezi rzeziach
vocative rzezi rzezie

Derived terms

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