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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ), from Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā).
Noun
alchēmia f (genitive alchēmiae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) alchemy
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German alchimîe.[2][3] Doublet of chemia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈxɛ.mja/
- Rhymes: -ɛmja
- Syllabification: al‧che‧mia
Noun
alchemia f
- (alchemy) alchemy (ancient chemistry)
- średniowieczna alchemia ― medieval alchemy
- starożytna alchemia ― ancient alchemy
- rozwój alchemii ― the development of alchemy
- historia alchemii ― the history of alchemy
- praktykować/uprawiać alchemię ― to practice alchemy
- (literary) alchemy (act of creating something mysterious)
- tajemnicza alchemia ― mysterious alchemy
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “alchimija”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “alchemia”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “alchemia”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
Further reading
- alchemia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- alchemia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Jadwiga Chotkowska (13.05.2022) “ALCHIMIA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “alchimia”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “alchemja”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “alchemja”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 22
- alchemia in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego