different between spaw vs staw

English

Noun

spaw (plural spaws)

1. Archaic form of spa.
   • 1728, Of Bathing in the Hot-baths, at Bathe

     The Aix-la-Chapelle Waters are drunk at this Day, more as Purgers, and Preparatives for the Spaw, […]

Anagrams

• APWs, AWPs, WAPs, WASP, WSPA, paws, swap, waps, wasp

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spaf/

Noun

spaw m inan

1. weld (joint made by welding)

Declension

Related terms

• (nouns) spawacz, spawaczka, spawarka
• (verb) spawa?

Further reading

• spaw in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Etymology

Compare Danish staae (“to stand”).

Verb

staw (third-person singular simple present staws, present participle stawing, simple past and past participle stawed)

1. (Britain, dialect, intransitive) To be fixed or set; to stay.

Anagrams

• 'twas, ATWS, AWTs, S.W.A.T., SWAT, Swat, TAWS, TWAs, WSTA, sawt, swat, taws, was't, wast, wats

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stav?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /staf/

Noun

staw m inan (diminutive stawek or stawik)

1. pond
2. (anatomy) joint

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) stawowy

Noun

staw f

1. genitive plural of stawa

Verb

staw

1. second-person singular imperative of stawi?

Further reading

• staw in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• staw in Polish dictionaries at PWN