zámok
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See also: замок
Slovak
Alternative forms
Etymology
The sense 'lock' is inherited from Proto-Slavic *zamъkъ. The sense ‘castle’ is a semantic loan from Middle High German sloz (“lock, keep”) (cf. German Schloss), itself a semantic loan of Latin clūsa (“lock, fort, fortification”).
Pronunciation
Noun
zámok m inan (related adjective zámocký)
Declension
Declension of zámok (pattern dub)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “zámok”, 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