sztaba

See also: sztabą

Polish

sztaba

Etymology

Etymology tree

German Stabbor.

Polish sztaba

Borrowed from German Stab. Doublet of sztab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂta.ba/

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• Rhymes: -aba
• Syllabification: szta‧ba

Noun

sztaba f (diminutive sztabka, related adjective sztabowy)

1. bar (elongated bar made of metal or wood which serves to prevent the door from being opened)

   Synonym: sztanga

2. ingot (solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents)
3. connecting beam of the side plating

Declension

Declension of sztaba

	singular	plural
nominative	sztaba	sztaby
genitive	sztaby	sztab
dative	sztabie	sztabom
accusative	sztabę	sztaby
instrumental	sztabą	sztabami
locative	sztabie	sztabach
vocative	sztabo	sztaby

Related terms

adjectives

• sztabkowy

Further reading

• “sztaba”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “sztaba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)