archa

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See also: -archa and archą

Czech

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arca.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

archa f

  1. ark (the ship built by Noah)

Declension

Declension of archa (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative archa archy
genitive archy arch
dative arše archám
accusative archu archy
vocative archo archy
locative arše archách
instrumental archou archami

References

  1. ^ Machek, Václav (1968) “archa”, in Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia, page 38

Further reading

  • “archa”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “archa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Latin

Etymology

Medieval respelling.

Pronunciation

Noun

archa f (genitive archae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative spelling of arca

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative archa archae
genitive archae archārum
dative archae archīs
accusative archam archās
ablative archā archīs
vocative archa archae

Old Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin arca.[1][2][3] First attested in the 15th century.[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /arxa/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /arxa/

Noun

archa f

  1. (religion) arch (chest, box, coffer, safe)
    • 1930 [c. 1455], “II Par”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 8, 11:
      Archa bosza bila wiszla do nyego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)
      [Archa boża była wyszła do niego (ingressa est in eam arca domini)]

Descendants

  • Polish: arka
  • Silesian: arka

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “arka”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “arka”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “arka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “archa”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
  • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “(arka) archa”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

archa m animacy unattested

  1. Middle Polish form of arka

Declension

Attested forms of archa
singular plural
nominative archa —
genitive archy —
dative — —
accusative archę —
instrumental archą —
locative arsze —
vocative arko —

Shuar

Noun

archa

  1. harpoon

References

  • Chicham: Dictionario Enciclopédico Shuar-Castellano

Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German archa.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

archa f

  1. Ark (the ship built by Noah)
  2. in the expression archa zmluvy: Ark of the Covenant
  3. ark (a gothic winged altar)

Declension

Declension of archa (pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativearchaarchy
genitivearchyárch
dativearchearchám
accusativearchuarchy
locativearchearchách
instrumentalarchouarchami

References

  1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016) “archa”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 50

Further reading

  • “archa”, 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, 2003–2024

Slovincian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Arche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈar.xa/
  • Rhymes: -arxa
  • Syllabification: ar‧cha

Noun

archa f

  1. (religion) ark (Noah’s ship)

Further reading

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