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English
Proper noun
Bydgoszcz
- A city in Poland.
Translations
Polish
Etymology
Originally possessive adjective, from name *Byd(i)gostь + *-jь, a lengthened variant of Proto-Slavic *Bъdigostь, from the imperative form of *bъděti (“to be awake”) + *gostь (“guest”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bydgoszcz f
- Bydgoszcz (the capital city of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Bydgoszcz in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Bydgoszcz in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Bydgoszcz f
- Bydgoszcz (a city in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish Bydgoszcz.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Bydgoszcz m inan (genitive singular Bydgoszcza, declension pattern of dub)
- Bydgoszcz (a city in Poland)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “Bydgoszcz”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024