sztuciec

Borrowed from German Stutze, Stutz, Stutzen, from Middle High German stutz, stutze meaning a “support” and also “stub”, and thus a “sawed-off weapon” (today only the “stub” and “weapon” sense is a masculine Stutz, Stutzen while the “support” sense is a feminine Stütze f). For the semantic development, compare German Besteck, which also meant a “sheath where cutlery is kept” and now means “cutlery” itself; on the other hand, German Stütze could mean a “support strut” and thus also a “fork”.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂtu.t͡ɕɛt͡s/

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• Rhymes: -ut͡ɕɛt͡s
• Syllabification: sztu‧ciec

sztuciec m inan

1. (archaic) any sheath where certain tools are kept at hand

   Synonyms: pochwa, pokrowiec, puzdro, torebka

   sztuciec cyrulicki ― sheath of a barber-surgeon

2. (chiefly archaic, firearms) sawed-off shotgun
3. piece of silverware (individuum of cutlery; instrument used to take in food)
4. (in the plural) cutlery, silverware

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