Świętokrzyskie
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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Polish Świętokrzyskie.
Proper noun
Świętokrzyskie
- A mountain range in Poland.
- Synonym: Holy Cross Mountains
- A voivodeship located in southern Poland.
Polish
Etymology
Ellipsis of Góry Świętokrzyskie (literally “mountains of the Holy Cross”), from góry and świętokrzyskie, a compound of święty (“holy”) + -o- + krzyż (“cross”) + -ski (adjectival suffix) + -e (nonvirile plural suffix reinterpreted as neuter singular).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Świętokrzyskie n
- (nominalized) A mountain range in southern Poland, sometimes known in English as Holy Cross
- Synonym: Góry Świętokrzyskie
- (nominalized) A voivodeship of southern Poland, named after the mountain range
Declension
Declension of Świętokrzyskie
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Świętokrzyskie |
| genitive | Świętokrzyskiego |
| dative | Świętokrzyskiemu |
| accusative | Świętokrzyskie |
| instrumental | Świętokrzyskiem |
| locative | Świętokrzyskiem |
| vocative | Świętokrzyskie |
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Further reading
- Świętokrzyskie in Polish dictionaries at PWN