akrostych
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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀκροστιχίς (akrostikhís).[1] First attested in 1677–1694.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
akrostych m inan
- acrostic (poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message)
Declension
Declension of akrostych
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | akrostych | akrostychy |
| genitive | akrostychu | akrostychów |
| dative | akrostychowi | akrostychom |
| accusative | akrostych | akrostychy |
| instrumental | akrostychem | akrostychami |
| locative | akrostychu | akrostychach |
| vocative | akrostychu | akrostychy |
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “akrostych”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Teresa Sokołowska (01.07.2007) “AKROSTYCH”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading
- akrostych in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- akrostych in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “akrostych”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “akrostych”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “akrostych”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 19