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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
alabastr m inan
- alabaster
Declension
Declension of alabastr (hard masculine inanimate)
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish alabastyr, from Latin alabaster, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈla.bastr/
- Rhymes: -abastr
- Syllabification: a‧la‧bastr
Noun
alabastr m inan
- (mineralogy, obsolete) Alternative form of alabaster
Declension
Further reading
- alabastr in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alabastr”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku
- Teresa Sokołowska (14.01.2022) “ALABASTR, ALABASTER, *HALABASTER”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “alabastr”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alabastr”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alabastr”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 21