genocyd

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Polish

Etymology

Apparently coined by Polish legal scholar Raphael Lemkin in 1943 or 1944 in reference to the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust. From the stem of Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) + Latin -cīda (“killing, killer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛˈnɔ.t͡sɘt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɘt
  • Syllabification: ge‧no‧cyd

Noun

genocyd m inan

  1. (rare) genocide (the systematic killing of substantial numbers of people on the basis of their ethnicity, religion, or nationality)
    Synonym: ludobójstwo

Declension

Declension of genocyd
singular plural
nominative genocyd genocydy
genitive genocydu genocydów
dative genocydowi genocydom
accusative genocyd genocydy
instrumental genocydem genocydami
locative genocydzie genocydach
vocative genocydzie genocydy
adjective

Further reading

  • genocyd in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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