eliksir
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Danish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin elixir, from Arabic اَلْإِكْسِير (al-ʔiksīr), from Ancient Greek ξηρίον (xēríon, “medicinal powder”), from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
Pronunciation
Noun
eliksir c (singular definite eliksiren, plural indefinite eliksirer)
Inflection
Declension of eliksir
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | eliksir | eliksiren | eliksirer | eliksirerne |
| genitive | eliksirs | eliksirens | eliksirers | eliksirernes |
Synonyms
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French élixir. First attested in 1578.
Pronunciation
Noun
eliksir m inan (diminutive eliksirek)
Declension
Declension of eliksir
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | eliksir | eliksiry |
| genitive | eliksiru | eliksirów |
| dative | eliksirowi | eliksirom |
| accusative | eliksir | eliksiry |
| instrumental | eliksirem | eliksirami |
| locative | eliksirze | eliksirach |
| vocative | eliksirze | eliksiry |
Derived terms
nouns
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “eliksir”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “eliksyr”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
Further reading
- eliksir in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- eliksir in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “elixir”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “eliksyr”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “eliksir”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 690
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
elìksīr m (Cyrillic spelling елѝксӣр)
Declension
Declension of eliksir
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | elìksīr | eliksiri |
| genitive | eliksíra | eliksira |
| dative | eliksiru | eliksirima |
| accusative | eliksir | eliksire |
| vocative | eliksiru | eliksiri |
| locative | eliksiru | eliksirima |
| instrumental | eliksirom | eliksirima |